Psalm 23
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1 Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack for anything. LEB
A Psalm of David.
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil;
For You are with me;
Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies;
You anoint my head with oil;
My cup runs over.
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me
All the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord
Forever.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. NLT
V1
The LORD
God, Almighty, Creator, Sustainer, Life Giver, All Powerful, Alpha and Omega,
He is our great Shepherd. We are all familiar with the analogy of God being our shepherd, how it shows His love and concern for us. Hos it shows how He watches over us.
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. NLT
He is our great Shepherd. We are all familiar with the analogy of God being our shepherd, how it shows His love and concern for us. Hos it shows how He watches over us.
Is my Shephard
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives His life for the sheep.
He is a shepherd who gave His life for the sheep.
For when we were still without strength, in due time Christ died for the ungodly. For scarcely for a righteous man will one die; yet perhaps for a good man someone would even dare to die. But God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us.
His love is amazing. Paul prayed for the Ephesians to understand His love
Romams 5:6-8
that He would grant you, according to the riches of His glory, to be strengthened with might through His Spirit in the inner man, that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith; that you, being rooted and grounded in love, may be able to comprehend with all the saints what is the width and length and depth and height—to know the love of Christ which passes knowledge; that you may be filled with all the fullness of God.
Ephesians 3:16-19
I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
NKJVNow may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the e
and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
I shall not want I will not lack for anything. I have all that I need.
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
Or what man is there among you who, if his son asks for bread, will give him a stone? Or if he asks for a fish, will he give him a serpent? If you then, being evil, know how to give good gifts to your children, how much more will your Father who is in heaven give good things to those who ask Him!
v2
He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside still waters
He knows us. He cares for us.
He knows us. He cares for us.
Green pastures, still waters - it’s calm, it’s peaceful. We are provided for
He wants us to rest in Him, to have His peace.
Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you; not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled, neither let it be afraid.
I am the good shepherd; and I know My sheep, and am known by My own.
He will feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.
We always have to remember He is a GOOD shepherd. When we spend time with Him our lives reflect it
We know Him. People need to see that we are in a relationship with the LORD
Now when they saw the boldness of Peter and John, and perceived that they were uneducated and untrained men, they marveled. And they realized that they had been with Jesus.
Acts 5:13
Yet none of the rest dared join them, but the people esteemed them highly.
Now may the God of peace who brought up our Lord Jesus from the dead, that great Shepherd of the sheep, through the blood of the everlasting covenant,
He leads us
For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
and when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.
Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.
1 Yahweh is my shepherd; I will not lack for anything. LEB
1 The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need. NLT
I will not lack for anything. I have all that I need.
What satisfies us? Has He ever not taken care of us? Has He ever failed us?
Has He ever not taken care of us? Has He ever failed us?
“Ask, and it will be given to you; seek, and you will find; knock, and it will be opened to you.
Give us this day our daily bread.
casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved by various trials, that the genuineness of your faith, being much more precious than gold that perishes, though it is tested by fire, may be found to praise, honor, and glory at the revelation of Jesus Christ,
“Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake.
Matthew 5:
1 Peter 1:
Therefore humble yourselves under the mighty hand of God, that He may exalt you in due time, casting all your care upon Him, for He cares for you.
1 Peter 5:16-7
Verse 2
The New King James Version Psalm 23
2 He makes me to lie down in green pastures;
He leads me beside the still waters.
Throughout all of scripture we see God leading His people, working in the lives of His people. He has always been involved with His people, He isn’t a distant God, He is a very personal God.
v3
The New King James Version Psalm 23
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
He restores my soul, He leads me in paths of righteousness for His name’s sake
He restores my soul. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name. NLT
NLT He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.
V2
He will feed His flock like a shepherd;
He will gather the lambs with His arm,
And carry them in His bosom,
And gently lead those who are with young.
Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.
Show me Your ways, O Lord;
Teach me Your paths.
Lead me in Your truth and teach me,
For You are the God of my salvation;
On You I wait all the day.
Psalm 5:27
For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
He comforts us, He has given us the Spirit who is the Comforter
But the Helper, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in My name, He will teach you all things, and bring to your remembrance all things that I said to you.
“But when the Helper comes, whom I shall send to you from the Father, the Spirit of truth who proceeds from the Father, He will testify of Me.
Nevertheless I tell you the truth. It is to your advantage that I go away; for if I do not go away, the Helper will not come to you; but if I depart, I will send Him to you.
And I will pray the Father, and He will give you another Helper, that He may abide with you forever—
V4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil,
I will fear no evil,
I will not be afraid of ten thousands of people
Who have set themselves against me all around.
Psalm 3:6
The Lord is my light and my salvation;
Whom shall I fear?
The Lord is the strength of my life;
Of whom shall I be afraid?
I have set the Lord always before me;
Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.
When you pass through the waters, I will be with you;
And through the rivers, they shall not overflow you.
When you walk through the fire, you shall not be burned,
Nor shall the flame scorch you.
For I am the Lord your God,
The Holy One of Israel, your Savior;
I gave Egypt for your ransom,
Ethiopia and Seba in your place.
Isaiah 43:2
He is our comfort
v5
Helper = Comforter
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies, you anoint my head with oil, my cup runs over.
Speaks of a feast, being honored -
my cup runs over - not just full
The thief does not come except to steal, and to kill, and to destroy. I have come that they may have life, and that they may have it more abundantly.
He who believes in Me, as the Scripture has said, out of his heart will flow rivers of living water.”
“Ho! Everyone who thirsts,
Come to the waters;
And you who have no money,
Come, buy and eat.
Yes, come, buy wine and milk
Without money and without price.
isaiah 55:
V6
surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life;
And I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever
God constantly shows us goodness and mercy
He does not leave us orphans, He has given us His Spirit to guide us
talks about knowing God’s Word, setting our heart on it and Him
And I heard a loud voice from heaven saying, “Behold, the tabernacle of God is with men, and He will dwell with them, and they shall be His people. God Himself will be with them and be their God. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away.”
Revelation 21:3-
The New King James Version Psalm 23
He restores my soul;
He leads me in the paths of righteousness
For His name’s sake.
The New Jerusalem
And there shall be no more curse, but the throne of God and of the Lamb shall be in it, and His servants shall serve Him. They shall see His face, and His name shall be on their foreheads. There shall be no night there: They need no lamp nor light of the sun, for the Lord God gives them light. And they shall reign forever and ever.
Revelation 22:3-
3 He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name. NLT
One thing I have desired of the Lord,
That will I seek:
That I may dwell in the house of the Lord
All the days of my life,
To behold the beauty of the Lord,
And to inquire in His temple.
For You are my rock and my fortress;
Therefore, for Your name’s sake,
Lead me and guide me.
Lead me, O Lord, in Your righteousness because of my enemies;
Make Your way straight before my face.