Psalms 23:1

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

מִזְמ֥וֹר לְדָוִ֑ד יְהוָ֥ה רֹ֝עִ֗י לֹ֣א אֶחְסָֽר׃

Transliteration

Mizmôr to Dāwid; YHWH rō'î, not 'eḥsār.

Grammar Details

• *Mizmôr*: noun, masculine, singular construct - psalm/song
• *leDāwid*: preposition + proper noun - to/for/by David
• *YHWH*: proper noun, divine name
• *rō'î*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my shepherd
• *lō'*: negative particle - not
• *'eḥsār*: verb, Qal imperfect, 1st person singular - I will lack/be in want

Word Meanings

• *Mizmôr*: psalm/melody/song
• *leDāwid*: for David/by David/belonging to David
• *rō'î*: my shepherd/one who tends me/my guardian
• *'eḥsār*: I will lack/I will be in want/I will be deficient

Referenced Verses

• Phil 4:19 : 19 And my God will supply your every need according to his glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
• John 10:11 : 11 “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.
• Isa 40:11 : 11 Like a shepherd he tends his flock; he gathers up the lambs with his arm; he carries them close to his heart; he leads the ewes along.
• John 10:27-30 : 27 My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me. 28 I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; no one will snatch them from my hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no one can snatch them from my Father’s hand. 30 The Father and I are one.”
• John 10:14 : 14 “I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me–
• Matt 6:33 : 33 But above all pursue his kingdom and righteousness, and all these things will be given to you as well.
• 1 Pet 2:25 : 25 For you were going astray like sheep but now you have turned back to the shepherd and guardian of your souls.
• Rev 7:17 : 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
• Ezek 34:11-12 : 11 “‘For this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Look, I myself will search for my sheep and seek them out. 12 As a shepherd seeks out his flock when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will seek out my flock. I will rescue them from all the places where they have been scattered on a cloudy, dark day.
• Heb 13:5-6 : 5 Your conduct must be free from the love of money and you must be content with what you have, for he has said,“I will never leave you and I will never abandon you.” 6 So we can say with confidence,“The Lord is my helper, and I will not be afraid. What can people do to me?”
• 1 Pet 5:4 : 4 Then when the Chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that never fades away.
• Heb 13:20 : 20 Benediction and Conclusion Now may the God of peace who by the blood of the eternal covenant brought back from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep, our Lord Jesus,
• Ps 84:11 : 11 For the LORD God is our sovereign protector. The LORD bestows favor and honor; he withholds no good thing from those who have integrity.
• Ps 34:9-9 : 9 Fear the LORD, you chosen people of his, for those who fear him lack nothing! 10 Even young lions sometimes lack food and are hungry, but those who seek the LORD lack no good thing.
• Ezek 34:23-24 : 23 I will set one shepherd over them, and he will feed them– namely, my servant David. He will feed them and will be their shepherd. 24 I, the LORD, will be their God, and my servant David will be prince among them; I, the LORD, have spoken!
• Ps 78:52 : 52 Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.
• Luke 12:30-32 : 30 For all the nations of the world pursue these things, and your Father knows that you need them. 31 Instead, pursue his kingdom, and these things will be given to you as well. 32 “Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased to give you the kingdom.
• Rom 8:32 : 32 Indeed, he who did not spare his own Son, but gave him up for us all– how will he not also, along with him, freely give us all things?
• Ps 79:13-80:1 : 13 Then we, your people, the sheep of your pasture, will continually thank you. We will tell coming generations of your praiseworthy acts. 1 For the music director; according to the shushan-eduth style; a psalm of Asaph. O shepherd of Israel, pay attention, you who lead Joseph like a flock of sheep! You who sit enthroned above the cherubim, reveal your splendor!
• Mic 5:4 : 4 He will assume his post and shepherd the people by the LORD’s strength, by the sovereign authority of the LORD his God. They will live securely, for at that time he will be honored even in the distant regions of the earth.
• Jer 31:10 : 10 Listen to the LORD’s message, O nations. Proclaim it in the faraway lands along the sea. Say,“The one who scattered Israel will regather them. He will watch over his people like a shepherd watches over his flock.”
• Jer 23:3-4 : 3 Then I myself will regather those of my people who are still alive from all the countries where I have driven them. I will bring them back to their homeland. They will greatly increase in number. 4 I will install rulers over them who will care for them. Then they will no longer need to fear or be terrified. None of them will turn up missing. I, the LORD, promise it!