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Where is “The Lord is my shepherd” in the Bible?
“The Lord is my shepherd” is Psalm 23:1. David, who had been a shepherd himself, sings it in a psalm.
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It is Psalm 23:1.
Yes, it is in the Bible.
David, who had been a shepherd himself, sings it in a psalm.
The verse
Yahweh is my shepherd; I lack nothing.
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What it means there
A sheep with a good shepherd is fed, led and protected, so it lacks nothing. The rest of the psalm walks through that care: green pastures, the dark valley, a table set in front of enemies.
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Where is “The Lord is my shepherd” in the Bible?
“The Lord is my shepherd” is Psalm 23:1. These exact words are in the King James Bible. The Lumin Translation, a modern English Bible, is quoted here, and it words the verse differently. David, who had been a shepherd himself, sings it in a psalm.
Is “The Lord is my shepherd” in the Bible?
Yes. It is Psalm 23:1. In the Lumin Translation, Psalm 23:1 reads: “Yahweh is my shepherd; I lack nothing.”
Who said “The Lord is my shepherd”?
David, who had been a shepherd himself, sings it in a psalm.
What does “The Lord is my shepherd” mean in the Bible?
A sheep with a good shepherd is fed, led and protected, so it lacks nothing. The rest of the psalm walks through that care: green pastures, the dark valley, a table set in front of enemies.
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