Funeral Readings

Christian Standard Bible Psalm 23

THE GOOD SHEPHERD

A psalm of David.

1 The LORD is my shepherd;

I have what I need.

2 He lets me lie down in green pastures;

he leads me beside quiet waters.i

3 He renews my life;

he leads me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.j

4 Even when I go through the darkest valley,

I fear no danger,

for you are with me;

your rod and your staff—they comfort me.

5 You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6 Only goodness and faithful love will pursue me

all the days of my life,

and I will dwell in the house of the LORD

as long as I live.,

Christian Standard Bible Psalm 46

God is our refuge and strength,

a helper who is always found

in times of trouble.

2 Therefore we will not be afraid,

though the earth trembles

and the mountains topple

into the depths of the seas,

3 though its water roars and foams

and the mountains quake with its turmoil.

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 3

3 There is an occasion for everything,

and a time for every activity under heaven:

2 a time to give birth and a time to die;

a time to plant and a time to uproot;

3 a time to kill and a time to heal;

a time to tear down and a time to build;

4 a time to weep and a time to laugh;

a time to mourn and a time to dance;

5 a time to throw stones and a time to gather stones;

Christian Standard Bible Chapter 19

25 But I know that my Redeemer lives,,

and at the end he will stand on the dust.

26 Even after my skin has been destroyed,

yet I will see God in my flesh.

27 I will see him myself;

my eyes will look at him, and not as a stranger.

My heart longs within me.

28 If you say, “How will we pursue him,

since the root of the problem lies with him?”