Psalms · 6 verses
Psalms 23
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The LORD sets a table among enemies, anoints the guest, and lets the cup overflow.
The shepherd in the valleyvv. 1–4
David's psalm begins with wantlessness and moves through pasture, water, restoration, and righteous paths. Then the landscape acquires a shadow: the singer walks through the valley of death, with no promise that the valley will politely change its name. What steadies him is the LORD's presence—and, rather splendidly, the shepherd's rod and staff.
The table among enemiesvv. 5–6
The shepherd's care turns into a host's ceremony. Enemies are still present, but the answer is not disappearance: a table is prepared before them, the head is anointed, and the cup overflows. Goodness and mercy then follow the singer all his days, ending not in a hurried departure but in dwelling in the house of the LORD forever.
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Ps 23:1A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Ps 23:2He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
Ps 23:3He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Ps 23:4Even 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.
Ps 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
Ps 23:6Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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Where this is echoed
Readers' own connections, from OpenBible's crowd-voted cross-references — agreement about relevance, and not scholarly confidence. 116 passages were voted onto 6 verses of this chapter; the 16 shown lead on votes, and each is listed at the verse it was voted onto most strongly.
- 1Philippians 4:19And my God will supply all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus.
- 1John 10:11I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.
- 1Isaiah 40:11He tends His flock like a shepherd; He gathers the lambs in His arms and carries them close to His heart. He gently leads the nursing ewes.
- 1John 10:14I am the good shepherd. I know My sheep and My sheep know Me,
- 1Revelation 7:17For the Lamb in the center of the throne will be their shepherd. ‘He will lead them to springs of living water,’ and ‘God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’”
- 4Isaiah 41:10Do not fear, for I am with you; do not be afraid, for I am your God. I will strengthen you; I will surely help you; I will uphold you with My righteous right hand.
- 1Matthew 6:33But seek first the kingdom of God and His righteousness, and all these things will be added unto you.
- 11 Peter 2:25For “you were like sheep going astray,” but now you have returned to the Shepherd and Overseer of your souls.
- 4Psalms 118:6The LORD is on my side; I will not be afraid. What can man do to me?
- 1Ezekiel 34:11–12For this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Behold, I Myself will search for My flock and seek them out.
- 4Psalms 138:7If I walk in the midst of trouble, You preserve me from the anger of my foes; You extend Your hand, and Your right hand saves me.
- 1Hebrews 13:5–6Keep your lives free from the love of money and be content with what you have, for God has said: “Never will I leave you, never will I forsake you.”
- 1Psalms 34:9–10Fear the LORD, you His saints, for those who fear Him lack nothing.
- 4Isaiah 43:1–2But now, this is what the LORD says—He who created you, O Jacob, and He who formed you, O Israel: “Do not fear, for I have redeemed you; I have called you by your name; you are Mine!
- 3Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not forsake them.
- 1Romans 8:32He 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?
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