Psalms 23:1
The Lord is my shepherd: I am never in need.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In Context
2He lays me down in green pastures. He gently leads me to waters of rest,
Cross References
Psalms 34:9Honor the Lord, all his people, for they who revere him lack nothing.
Psalms 34:11Come, children, listen to me. I will teach you to honor the Lord.
Psalms 79:13Then we, your people, the flock of your pasture, will give thanks to you for evermore, and tell your praise to all generations.
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 →