Psalms 23:1
“A psalm of David.” The LORD is my shepherd: I shall not want.
Noyes Bible
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 the still waters.
Cross References
Psalms 34:9O fear the LORD, ye his servants! For to those who fear him there shall be no want.
Psalms 34:11Come, ye children, hearken to me! I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms 79:13So shall we, thy people, and the flock of thy pasture, Give thanks to thee for ever. And show forth thy praise to all generations.
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd; He shall gather up the lambs in his arms, And carry them in his bosom, And gently lead the nursing ewes.
Jeremiah 31:10Hear the word of Jehovah, O ye nations, And proclaim it in the distant coasts, and say: “He that scattered Israel will gather him, And will guard 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 shall they 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 →