Psalms 23:1

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<A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

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  • Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God will give you all you have need of from the wealth of his glory in Christ Jesus.
  • John 10:11 : 11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.
  • Isa 40:11 : 11 He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.
  • John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me: 28 And I give them eternal life; they will never come to destruction, and no one will ever take them out of my hand. 29 That which my Father has given to me has more value than all; and no one is able to take anything out of the Father's hand. 30 I and my Father are one.
  • John 10:14 : 14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,
  • Matt 6:33 : 33 But let your first care be for his kingdom and his righteousness; and all these other things will be given to you in addition.
  • 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.
  • Rev 7:17 : 17 For the Lamb who is on the high seat will be their keeper and their guide to fountains of living water: and God will make glad their eyes for ever.
  • Ezek 34:11-12 : 11 For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep. 12 As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.
  • Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Be free from the love of money and pleased with the things which you have; for he himself has said, I will be with you at all times. 6 So that we say with a good heart, The Lord is my helper; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?
  • 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
  • Ps 84:11 : 11 The Lord God is our sun and our strength: the Lord will give grace and glory: he will not keep back any good thing from those whose ways are upright.
  • Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Keep yourselves in the fear of the Lord, all you his saints; for those who do so will have no need of anything. 10 The young lions are in need and have no food; but those who are looking to the Lord will have every good thing.
  • Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper. 24 And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.
  • Ps 78:52 : 52 But he took his people out like sheep, guiding them in the waste land like a flock.
  • Luke 12:30-32 : 30 For the nations of the world go in search of all these things: but your Father has knowledge that you have need of them. 31 But let your chief care be for his kingdom, and these other things will be given to you in addition. 32 Have no fear, little flock, for it is your Father's good pleasure to give you the kingdom.
  • Rom 8:32 : 32 He who did not keep back his only Son, but gave him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?
  • Ps 79:13-80:1 : 13 So we your people, and the sheep of your flock, will give you glory for ever: we will go on praising you through all generations. 1 <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.
  • Mic 5:4 : 4 And this will be our peace: when the Assyrian comes into our country and his feet are in our land, then we will put up against him seven keepers of the flocks and eight chiefs among men.
  • Jer 31:10 : 10 Give ear to the word of the Lord, O you nations, and give news of it in the sea-lands far away, and say, He who has sent Israel wandering will get him together and will keep him as a keeper does his flock.
  • Jer 23:3-4 : 3 And I will get the rest of my flock together from all the countries where I have sent them, and will make them come back again to their resting-place; and they will have offspring and be increased. 4 And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.

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  • Ps 23:2-6
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    2 He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.

    3 He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name.

    4 Yes, though I go through the valley of deep shade, I will have no fear of evil; for you are with me, your rod and your support are my comfort.

    5 You make ready a table for me in front of my haters: you put oil on my head; my cup is overflowing.

    6 Truly, blessing and mercy will be with me all the days of my life; and I will have a place in the house of the Lord all my days.

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    22 I will make my flock safe, and they will no longer be taken away, and I will be judge between sheep and sheep.

    23 And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

  • 4 And I will put over them keepers who will take care of them: never again will they be overcome with fear or be troubled, and there will not be the loss of one of them, says the Lord.

  • 11 I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

  • 1 <Of David.> The Lord is my light and my salvation; who is then a cause of fear to me? the Lord is the strength of my life; who is a danger to me?

  • 15 I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.

  • 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. A Psalm. Of David.> O Lord, you have knowledge of me, searching out all my secrets.

  • 1 A curse is on the keepers who are causing the destruction and loss of the sheep of my field, says the Lord.

  • 27 My sheep give ear to my voice, and I have knowledge of them, and they come after me:

  • 25 Whom have I in heaven but you? and having you I have no desire for anything on earth.

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    6 And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

    7 For this cause, O keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord:

    8 By my life, says the Lord, truly, because my sheep have been taken away, and my sheep became food for all the beasts of the field, because there was no keeper, and my keepers did not go in search of the sheep, but the keepers took food for themselves and gave my sheep no food;

    9 For this reason, O you keepers of the flock, give ear to the word of the Lord;

  • 2 Who says of the Lord, He is my safe place and my tower of strength: he is my God, in whom is my hope.

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    1 <To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,> I will give you my love, O Lord, my strength.

    2 The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour; my God, my Rock, in him will I put my faith; my breastplate, and the horn of my salvation, and my high tower.

  • 2 And he said, The Lord is my Rock, my walled town, and my saviour, even mine;

  • 33 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

  • 24 I said to myself, The Lord is my heritage; and because of this I will have hope in him.

  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up. Of David.> Lord, there is no pride in my heart and my eyes are not lifted up; and I have not taken part in great undertakings, or in things over-hard for me.

  • 6 The Lord is on my side; I will have no fear: what is man able to do to me?

  • 31 And you are my sheep, the sheep of my grass-lands, and I am your God, says the Lord.

  • 3 Even if an army came against me with its tents, my heart would have no fear: if war was made on me, my faith would not be moved.

  • 7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

  • 14 I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

  • 37 You have made my steps wide under me, so that my feet make no slip.

  • 1 <A Song of the going up.> My eyes are lifted up to the hills: O where will my help come from?

  • 3 May he not let your foot be moved: no need of sleep has he who keeps you.

  • 4 This is what the Lord my God has said: Take care of the flock of death;

  • 3 For you are my Rock and my strong tower; go in front of me and be my guide, because of your name.

  • 1 <Of David.> O Lord, be my judge, for my behaviour has been upright: I have put my faith in the Lord, I am not in danger of slipping.

  • 6 I have said to the Lord, You are my God: give ear, O Lord, to the voice of my prayer.

  • 14 But I had faith in you, O Lord; I said, You are my God.

  • 11 For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

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    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

  • 3 Be certain that the Lord is God; it is he who has made us, and we are his; we are his people, and the sheep to whom he gives food.

  • 32 God puts a strong band about me, guiding me in a straight way.

  • 5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

  • 1 <To the chief music-maker. Maschil. Of the sons of Korah.> Like the desire of the roe for the water-streams, so is my soul's desire for you, O God.

  • 23 O God, let the secrets of my heart be uncovered, and let my wandering thoughts be tested:

  • 1 <A Psalm. Of David.> Lord, who may have a resting-place in your tent, a living-place on your holy hill?

  • 3 The porter lets him in; and the sheep give ear to his voice; he says over the names of the sheep, and takes them out.