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align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../psalms/22.htm" title="Psalm 22">◄</a> Psalm 23 <a href="../psalms/24.htm" title="Psalm 24">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition</td><td width="1%" valign="top"></td></tr></table></div><div class="chap"><div class="text-html"> <h3><span id="en" class="text">Psalm 23</span></h3><h3><span class="text">The Divine Shepherd</span></h3><h4 class="psalm-title"><span class="text">A Psalm of David.</span></h4><div class="poetry"><p class="line"><span class="text"><span class="versenum">1</span>The <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span> is my shepherd, I shall not want.</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">2</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>He makes me lie down in green pastures;</span></span><br /><span class="text">he leads me beside still waters;<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16308a" title="See footnote a">a</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote a">a</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">3</span><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span>he restores my soul.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16309b" title="See footnote b">b</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote b">b</a>]</span></span></span><br /><span class="text">He leads me in right paths<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16309c" title="See footnote c">c</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote c">c</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">for his name’s sake.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">4</span>Even though I walk through the darkest valley,<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16310d" title="See footnote d">d</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote d">d</a>]</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">I fear no evil;</span></span><br /><span class="text">for you are with me;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">your rod and your staff—</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">they comfort me.</span></span></p></div> <div class="poetry top-1"><p class="line"><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">5</span>You prepare a table before me</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">in the presence of my enemies;</span></span><br /><span class="text">you anoint my head with oil;</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">my cup overflows.</span></span><br /><span id="en" class="text"><span class="versenum">6</span>Surely<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16312e" title="See footnote e">e</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote e">e</a>]</span> goodness and mercy<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16312f" title="See footnote f">f</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote f">f</a>]</span> shall follow me</span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">all the days of my life,</span></span><br /><span class="text">and I shall dwell in the house of the <span style="font-variant: small-caps" class="small-caps">Lord</span></span><br /><span class="indent-1"><span class="indent-1-breaks">    </span><span class="text">my whole life long.<span data-fn='#fen' class='footnote' data-link='[<a href="#fen-NRSVCE-16312g" title="See footnote g">g</a>]'>[<a href="#fen" xtitle="See footnote g">g</a>]</span></span></span></p></div> <A name="fen"></a><div class="footnotes"><h4>Footnotes</h4><ol><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:2">Psalm 23:2</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>waters of rest</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:3">Psalm 23:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>life</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:3">Psalm 23:3</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>paths of righteousness</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:4">Psalm 23:4</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>the valley of the shadow of death</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:6">Psalm 23:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>Only</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:6">Psalm 23:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Or <i>kindness</i></span></li><li id="fen"><a hlef="#en" xtitle="Go to Psalm 23:6">Psalm 23:6</a> <span class='footnote-text'>Heb <i>for length of days</i></span></li></ol></div> </div></div></div></div></div> </div> </div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">Scripture quotations are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright © 1989, 1993 National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. 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