DNOW Bible Study

My Shepherd

We’re in pandemic mode. Everything is different this year. But one thing is constant. Jesus.

My Shepherd.

Companions, best friends, best man.

Many people find comfort from the 23rd Psalm… but most Americans aren’t completely sure about the imagine and pictures David uses here. Namely because we do not typically watch Shepherd’s with sheep as we go down the road.

CONSTANT// EVERLASTING // FIRM //

He’s the constant in the crazy. He’s the constant.

Psalm 23

Psalm 23:1 - Constant Provider

Psalm 23:2-3a - Constant Peace

Psalm 23:3b - He Constantly Directs my Path

Psalm 23:4 - Constant Protection

Psalm 23:5 - Constant Preparation/Progress/ Promotion || Dedication to God through Annointing

Psalm 23:6 - Constant Presence

Verses/Bible Study

He is our Constant Provider/Provision

He gives us Constant Peace

He creates our Constant Purpose

He covers us with Constant Protection

He plans for our Constant Promotion

He is in Constant Presence with us

Verse By Verse Exegesis:

Psalm 23:1 KJV 1900

The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

“The Lord...”

Yahweh. This is the name God gives to the Israelites through Moses.

Jehovah, the Lord.

The name of the supreme God

This focuses on sure existence and His relationship to His covenant persons

“is my shepherd...”

Hebrew word is “roi”

Shepherd. to pasture, to tend, to delight in. To protect, drive out to pasture, feed, graze and nourish

“I shall not want”

I don’t lack anything. I won’t be lessened, or be devoid of anything.

Psalm 23:2 KJV 1900

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still waters.

Bible Study 1 - Psalm 23:1 - Meet Our Shepherd

Break this into three points.

Many have taken comfort and encouragement from David’s portrayal of God as a faithful and compassionate Shepherd. This despite the fact that the majority of people living in urban and suburban areas have never seen a flock of sheep, let alone a shepherd tending his animals. Such is the power of the shepherd image in Scripture.

Carpenter, E. E., & Comfort, P. W. (2000). In Holman treasury of key Bible words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew words defined and explained (p. 170). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.

The life of a shepherd tended to be silent, lonely, and at times dangerous (1 Sam. 17:34). The shepherd was responsible for leading his flock to pasture and water, providing shelter, protection, care, and healing in the case of sickness or injury. The shepherd lived out-of-doors or in a tent and apparently wore some kind of coat or blanket-like wrap (Gen. 4:20; Jer. 43:12). A shepherd’s equipment consisted of a staff or rod and a leather bag for carrying supplies and food (and in David’s case a slingshot, 1 Sam. 17:40).

Carpenter, E. E., & Comfort, P. W. (2000). In Holman treasury of key Bible words: 200 Greek and 200 Hebrew words defined and explained (p. 170). Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman Publishers.

1. The Lord - Yahweh

2. In my shepherd -

Personal

Providential

Powerful?

Ezekiel 34:11-12, 13-31

John 10:11 - Jesus shows up to tell us that He is that Shepherd. He is the one that will find us. He is the one that will lead us to restoration. Wow.

1 Peter 2:25

3. I shall not want.

In Him, I have all that I need.

Psalm 34:9-10 - those who seek the Lord lack no good thing.

Matthew 6:33

Bible Study 2 - Psalm 23:2-3a - He Leads

Bible Study 3/Shepherd’s Meeting - Psalm 23:3b-5

Psalm 23:3b - He leads (See these cross references - Psalm 5:8, Psalm 31:3, Psalm 139:10, 24, Psalm 143:10, Isaiah 40:11, 49:10) me in the paths of righteousness for his sake

Bible Study 4 -Psalm 23:6 - Hope in Eternity