Psalms 23:1
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not lack.
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
In Context
2He makes me to lie down in green pastures: he leads me beside the still waters.
Cross References
Psalms 34:9O fear the LORD, all of you his saints: for there is no lack to them that fear him.
Psalms 34:11Come, all of you children, hearken unto me: I will teach you the fear of the LORD.
Psalms 79:13So we your people and sheep of your pasture will give you thanks for ever: we will show forth your praise to all generations.
Isaiah 40:11He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall gather the lambs with his arm, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.
Jeremiah 31:10Hear the word of the LORD, O all of you nations, and declare it in the isles far off, and say, He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd does 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 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 →