Psalms 23:1
{A Psalm of David.} Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In Context
2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; he leadeth me beside still waters.
Cross References
Psalms 34:9Fear Jehovah, ye his saints; for there is no want to them that fear him.
Psalms 34:11Come, ye sons, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of Jehovah.
Psalms 79:13And we, thy people and the sheep of thy pasture, will give thanks unto thee for ever; we will shew forth thy praise from generation to generation.
Isaiah 40:11He will feed his flock like a shepherd: he will gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom; he will gently lead those that give suck.
Jeremiah 31:10Hear the word of Jehovah, ye nations, and declare [it] to the isles afar off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd his flock.
Ezekiel 34:14I will feed them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie down in a good fold, and in a fat pasture they shall feed upon the mountains of Israel.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 23:1
Many of David's psalms are full of complaints, but this is full of comforts, and the expressions of delight in God's great goodness and dependence upon him. It is a psalm which has been sung by good Christians, and will be while the world stands, with a great deal of pleasure and satisfaction. I. The psalmist here claims relation to God, as his shepherd, ver. 1 . II. He recounts his experience of the kind things God had done for him as his shepherd, ver. 2, 3 , 5 . III. Hence he infers that he should want no good… Read the whole commentary →