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1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

About Psalms 23

The best-known psalm in the Bible pictures the LORD as a shepherd who provides green pastures, still waters, and a restored soul โ€” and who walks with His sheep even through the valley of the shadow of death. It closes at a table prepared in the presence of enemies, an overflowing cup, and the confidence of dwelling in the house of the LORD forever.

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Psalms 23 study resources: word-by-word Hebrew interlinear with Strong's numbers, 29 cross-references, 5 Early-Church citations.

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Hebrew interlinear — Psalms 23:1–6 (55 words)
1
  1. ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึฅื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  2. ืจึนึืขึดึ—ื™rลสฟรฎra`ah: to tend a flock i.e. pasture it; (intransitively, literally or figuratively) to grazeH7462
  3. ืœึนึฃืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  4. ืึถื—ึฐืกึธึฝืจืƒสพeแธฅsฤrchacer: to lack; (by implication) to fail, want, lessenH2637
2
  1. ื‘ึผึดื ึฐืึฃื•ึนืชbinสพรดtna'ah: a home; (figuratively) a pastureH4999
  2. ื“ึผึถึญืฉืึถืdeลกeสพdeshe': a sprout; by analogy, grassH1877
  3. ื™ึทืจึฐื‘ึผึดื™ืฆึตึ‘ื ึดื™yarbรฎแนฃฤ“nรฎrabats: to crouch (on all four legs folded, like a recumbent animal)H7257
  4. ืขึทืœสฟal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  5. ืžึตึ–ื™mรชmayim: water; (figuratively) juiceH4325
  6. ืžึฐื ึปื—ึฃื•ึนืชmฤ•nuแธฅรดtmnuwchah: repose; (adverbially) peacefullyH4496
  7. ื™ึฐื ึทื”ึฒืœึตึฝื ึดื™ืƒyฤ•nahฤƒlฤ“nรฎnahal: (properly) to run with a sparkle, i.e. flowH5095
3
  1. ื ึทืคึฐืฉืึดึฅื™napลกรฎnephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  2. ื™ึฐืฉืื•ึนื‘ึตึ‘ื‘yฤ•ลกรดbฤ“bshuwb: to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the...H7725
  3. ื™ึทึฝื ึฐื—ึตึฅื ึดื™yanแธฅฤ“nรฎnachah: to guide; (by implication) to transport (into exile, or as colonists)H5148
  4. ื‘ึฐืžึทืขึฐื’ึผึฐืœึตื™bฤ•maสฟgฤ•lรชma`gal: a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)H4570
  5. ืฆึถึึ—ื“ึถืงแนฃedeqtsedeq: the right (natural, moral or legal); (abstractly) equityH6664
  6. ืœึฐืžึทึฃืขึทืŸlฤ•maสฟanma`an: (properly) heed, i.e. purposeH4616
  7. ืฉืึฐืžึฝื•ึนืƒลกฤ•mรดshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
4
  1. ื’ึผึทึคืgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  2. ื›ึผึดึฝื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  3. ืึตืœึตึจืšึฐสพฤ“lฤ“khalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
  4. ื‘ึผึฐื’ึตึชื™ืbฤ•gรชสพgay': a gorge (from its lofty sides; (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent)H1516
  5. ืฆึทืœึฐืžึธึกื•ึถืชแนฃalmฤwettsalmaveth: shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)H6757
  6. ืœึนืlลสพlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  7. ืึดึ˜ื™ืจึธึคืสพรฎrฤสพyare': to fear; morally, to revereH3372
  8. ืจึธึ—ืขrฤสฟra`: bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)H7451
  9. ื›ึผึดื™kรฎkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  10. ืึทืชึผึธึฅื”สพattรขattah: thou and thee, or (plural) ye and youH859
  11. ืขึดืžึผึธื“ึดึ‘ื™สฟimmฤdรฎ`immad: along withH5978
  12. ืฉืึดื‘ึฐื˜ึฐืšึธึฅลกibแนญฤ•kฤshebet: a scion, i.e. (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a...H7626
  13. ื•ึผึืžึดืฉืึฐืขึทื ึฐืชึผึถึ—ืšึธรปmiลกสฟantekฤmish`enah: support (abstractly), i.e. (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking-stickH4938
  14. ื”ึตึฃืžึผึธื”hฤ“mmรขhem: they (only used when emphatic)H1992
  15. ื™ึฐื ึทึฝื—ึฒืžึปึฝื ึดื™ืƒyฤ•naแธฅฤƒmunรฎnacham: (properly) to sigh, i.e. breathe stronglyH5162
5
  1. ืชึผึทืขึฒืจึนึฌืšึฐtaสฟฤƒrลk`arak: to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)H6186
  2. ืœึฐืคึธื ึทึจื™ื€lฤ•pฤnaypaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  3. ืฉืึปืœึฐื—ึธึ—ืŸลกulแธฅฤnshulchan: a table (as spread out); (by implication) a mealH7979
  4. ื ึถึฅื’ึถื“negedneged: a front, i.e. part opposite; specifically a counterpart, or mateH5048
  5. ืฆึนืจึฐืจึธึ‘ื™แนฃลrฤ•rฤytsarar: to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)H6887
  6. ื“ึผึดืฉืึผึทึ–ื ึฐืชึผึธdiลกลกantฤdashen: to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat)H1878
  7. ื‘ึทืฉืึผึถึฅืžึถืŸbaลกลกemenshemen: grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed)H8081
  8. ืจึนึืืฉืึดึ—ื™rลสพลกรฎro'sh: the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank...H7218
  9. ื›ึผื•ึนืกึดึฅื™kรดsรฎkowc: a cup (as a container); (often, figuratively) a lot (as if a potion)H3563
  10. ืจึฐื•ึธื™ึธึฝื”ืƒrฤ•wฤyรขrvayah: satisfactionH7310
6
  1. ืึทึคืšึฐื€สพakak: a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) onlyH389
  2. ื˜ึคื•ึนื‘แนญรดbtowb: good (as an adjective) in the widest senseH2896
  3. ื•ึธื—ึถึฃืกึถื“wฤแธฅesedcheced: kindness; (by implication, towards God) pietyH2617
  4. ื™ึดึญืจึฐื“ึผึฐืคื•ึผื ึดื™yirdฤ•pรปnรฎradaph: to run after (usually with hostile intentH7291
  5. ื›ึผึธืœkฤlkol: (properly) the whole; (hence) all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)H3605
  6. ื™ึฐืžึตึฃื™yฤ•mรชyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  7. ื—ึทื™ึผึธึ‘ื™แธฅayyฤychay: alive; (hence) raw (flesh)H2416
  8. ื•ึฐืฉืึทื‘ึฐืชึผึดึฅื™wฤ•ลกabtรฎyashab: (properly) to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet)H3427
  9. ื‘ึผึฐื‘ึตื™ืชbฤ•bรชtbayith: a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)H1004
  10. ื™ึฐึื”ื•ึธึ—ื”yฤ•hwรขYhovah: (the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of GodH3068
  11. ืœึฐืึนึฃืจึถืšึฐlฤ•สพลrekorek: lengthH753
  12. ื™ึธืžึดึฝื™ืืƒyฤmรฎmyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117

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Strong's words in Psalms 23 (6)
Strong's H3068 — ื™ึฐื”ื•ึธึฅื” (yฤ•hwรข)
Yhovah (yeh-ho-vaw') n/p. 1. (the) self-Existent or Eternal 2. Jehovah, Jewish national name of God [from H1961] KJV: Jehovah, the Lord. Root(s): H1961 Compare: H3050, H3069. Appears 2 times in Psalms 23.
Strong's H3117 — ื™ึฐืžึตึฃื™ (yฤ•mรช)
yowm (yome) n-m. 1. a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb) [from an unused root meaning to be hot] KJV: age, + always, + chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), + elder, X end, + evening, + (for) ever(-lasting, -more), X full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, + old, + outlived, + perpetually, presently, + remaineth, X required, season, X since, space, then, (process of) time, + as at other times, + in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), X whole (+ age), (full) year(-ly), + younger.. Appears 2 times in Psalms 23.
Strong's H1004 — ื‘ึผึฐื‘ึตื™ืช (bฤ•bรชt)
bayith (bah'-yith) n-m. 1. a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) [probably from H1129 abbreviated] KJV: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out). Root(s): H1129. Appears 1 time in Psalms 23.
Strong's H1516 — ื‘ึผึฐื’ึตึชื™ื (bฤ•gรชสพ)
gay' (gah'-ee) (or (shortened) gay {gah'-ee}) n-e. 1. a gorge (from its lofty sides 2. (hence) narrow, but not a gully or winter-torrent) [probably (by transmutation) from the same root as H1466 (abbreviated)] KJV: valley. Root(s): H1466. Appears 1 time in Psalms 23.
Strong's H1571 — ื’ึผึทึคื (gam)
gam (gam) adv. 1. (properly) assemblage 2. used only adverbially also, even, yea, though 3. often repeated as correl. both...and [by contraction from an unused root meaning to gather] KJV: again, alike, also, (so much) as (soon), both (so)...and , but, either...or, even, for all, (in) likewise (manner), moreover, nay...neither, one, then(-refore), though, what, with, yea.. Appears 1 time in Psalms 23.
Strong's H1877 — ื“ึผึถึญืฉืึถื (deลกeสพ)
deshe' (deh'-sheh) n-m. 1. a sprout 2. by analogy, grass [from H1876] KJV: (tender) grass, green, (tender)herb. Root(s): H1876. Appears 1 time in Psalms 23.

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“The Holy Spirit also is not silent in the Psalms on the sacrament of this thing, when He makes mention of the Lord's cup, and says, "Thy inebriating cup, how excellent it is!" Now the cup which inebriates is assuredly mingled with wine, for water cannot inebriate anybody. And...”

— Cyprian (3rd century) on Psalms 23:5
What the Early Church wrote about Psalms 23 (4)

  • “And, moreover, the ark made of imperishable wood was the Saviour Himself. For by this was signified the imperishable and incorruptible tabernacle of (the Lord) Himself, which gendered no corruption of sin. For the sinner, indeed, makes this confession: "My wounds stank, and we...”

    — Hippolytus (3rd century) on Psalms 23:1

  • “He who does not sit, but who passes or walks through the midst of the shadow of death, not standing and hurrying across, does not walk alone because the Lord goes through with him.”

  • “Scripture is a witness that โ€œrodโ€ speaks of punishments and scourges. If you have sinned and you see the rod of God threatening you, know that the mercy of God will not be far from you.”

    — Origen (3rd century) on Psalms 23:4

  • “Just as certain rewards are given to the contender in mighty contests, so also in any trial, when that which afflicts is nearby and the powers of the adversaries bring tribulation, know that a spiritual and intellectual table is prepared on account of this trial. Therefore, ho...”

    — Origen (3rd century) on Psalms 23:5

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