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The Lord, the Psalmist’s Shepherd.
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my Ashepherd,
I 1shall Bnot want.
He makes me lie down in Agreen pastures;
He Bleads me beside 1Cquiet waters.
He Arestores my soul;
He Bguides me in the 1Cpaths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
 
Even though I Awalk through the 1valley of the shadow of death,
I Bfear no 2evil, for CYou are with me;
Your Drod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You Aprepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You 1have Banointed my head with oil;
My Ccup overflows.
1Surely Agoodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will 2Bdwell in the house of the Lord 3forever.
A 23:1 Ps 78:52; 80:1; Is 40:11; Jer 31:10; Ezek 34:11-13; John 10:11; 1 Pet 2:25 1 23:1 Or do B 23:1 Ps 34:9, 10; Phil 4:19 A 23:2 Ps 65:11-13; Ezek 34:14 B 23:2 Rev 7:17 1 23:2 Lit waters of rest C 23:2 Ps 36:8; 46:4 A 23:3 Ps 19:7 B 23:3 Ps 5:8; 31:3 1 23:3 Lit tracks C 23:3 Ps 85:13; Prov 4:11; 8:20 A 23:4 Job 10:21, 22; Ps 107:14 1 23:4 Or valley of deep darkness B 23:4 Ps 3:6; 27:1 2 23:4 Or harm C 23:4 Ps 16:8; Is 43:2 D 23:4 Mic 7:14 A 23:5 Ps 78:19 1 23:5 Or anoint B 23:5 Ps 92:10; Luke 7:46 C 23:5 Ps 16:5 1 23:6 Or Only A 23:6 Ps 25:7, 10 2 23:6 Another reading is return to B 23:6 Ps 27:4-6 3 23:6 Lit for length of days