Psalm 23:1-4

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Psalm 23

A psalm of David.

¹The Lord is my shepherd,^(A) I lack nothing.^(B)
²    He makes me lie down in green pastures,
he leads me beside quiet waters,^(C)
³    he refreshes my soul.^(D)
He guides me^(E) along the right paths^(F)
    for his name’s sake.^(G)
⁴Even though I walk
    through the darkest valley,^[a]^(H)
I will fear no evil,^(I)
    for you are with me;^(J)
your rod and your staff,
    they comfort me.

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Footnotes

Psalm 23:4 Or the valley of the shadow of death

Isaiah 40:11

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¹¹He tends his flock like a shepherd:^(A)
He gathers the lambs in his arms^(B)
and carries them close to his heart;^(C)
he gently leads^(D) those that have young.^(E)

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Isaiah 40:11 in all English translations

Isaiah 49:9-10

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⁹to say to the captives,^(A) ‘Come out,’
and to those in darkness,^(B) ‘Be free!’

“They will feed beside the roads
    and find pasture on every barren hill.^(C)
¹⁰They will neither hunger nor thirst,^(D)
    nor will the desert heat or the sun beat down on them.^(E)
He who has compassion^(F) on them will guide^(G) them
    and lead them beside springs^(H) of water.

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John 10:11-16

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¹¹“I am^(A) the good shepherd.^(B) The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.^(C) ¹²The hired hand is not the shepherd and does not own the sheep. So when he sees the wolf coming, he abandons the sheep and runs away.^(D) Then the wolf attacks the flock and scatters it. ¹³The man runs away because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep.

¹⁴“I am the good shepherd;^(E) I know my sheep^(F) and my sheep know me— ¹⁵just as the Father knows me and I know the Father^(G)—and I lay down my life for the sheep.^(H) ¹⁶I have other sheep^(I) that are not of this sheep pen. I must bring them also. They too will listen to my voice, and there shall be one flock^(J) and one shepherd.^(K)

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Hebrews 13:20-21

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Benediction and Final Greetings

²⁰Now may the God of peace,^(A) who through the blood of the eternal covenant^(B) brought back from the dead^(C) our Lord Jesus, that great Shepherd of the sheep,^(D) ²¹equip you with everything good for doing his will,^(E) and may he work in us^(F) what is pleasing to him,^(G) through Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.^(H)

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Revelation 7:17

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¹⁷For the Lamb at the center of the throne
will be their shepherd;^(A)
‘he will lead them to springs of living water.’^[a]^(B)
‘And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.’^[b]”^(C)