Psalms 23:1
מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד יְהוָה רֹעִי לֹא אֶחְסָֽר ׃
Hebrew Tanakh (Original)
In The King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In Context
2בִּנְאוֹת דֶּשֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵנִי עַל ־ מֵי מְנֻחוֹת יְנַהֲלֵֽנִי ׃
Cross References
Psalms 34:9טַעֲמוּ וּרְאוּ כִּי ־ טוֹב יְהוָה אַֽשְׁרֵי הַגֶּבֶר יֶחֱסֶה ־ בּֽוֹ ׃
Psalms 34:11כְּפִירִים רָשׁוּ וְרָעֵבוּ וְדֹרְשֵׁי יְהוָה לֹא ־ יַחְסְרוּ כָל ־ טֽוֹב ׃
Psalms 79:13וַאֲנַחְנוּ עַמְּךָ ׀ וְצֹאן מַרְעִיתֶךָ נוֹדֶה לְּךָ לְעוֹלָם לְדֹר וָדֹר נְסַפֵּר תְּהִלָּתֶֽךָ ׃
Isaiah 40:11כְּרֹעֶה עֶדְרוֹ יִרְעֶה בִּזְרֹעוֹ יְקַבֵּץ טְלָאִים וּבְחֵיקוֹ יִשָּׂא עָלוֹת יְנַהֵֽל ׃ ס
Jeremiah 31:10שִׁמְעוּ דְבַר ־ יְהוָה גּוֹיִם וְהַגִּידוּ בָאִיִּים מִמֶּרְחָק וְאִמְרוּ מְזָרֵה יִשְׂרָאֵל יְקַבְּצֶנּוּ וּשְׁמָרוֹ כְּרֹעֶה עֶדְרֽוֹ ׃
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 →