Psalms: Lesson 3
Overview
The Lord Is My Shepherd: A Study of Psalm 23
Few passages of Scripture are as familiar—or as transcendent—as Psalm 23. Read at funerals, whispered in times of mourning, and clung to in seasons of fear, this psalm has an ingrained quality that even those outside the church recognize. But its familiarity should never dull its wonder. From the very first line, it announces a staggering truth: the Lord Himself is the shepherd of His people, and because He is, His sheep lack nothing.
The image of God as Shepherd runs deep through Scripture. In Ezekiel 34:11-16, the Lord declares, "I myself will search for my sheep," promising to seek the lost, bind up the injured, and strengthen the weak. He does this not because His sheep have earned it, but because of who He is. The same provision marked Israel's wilderness wandering—Deuteronomy 2:7 reminds us that for forty years they "lacked nothing." This side of heaven, we too live in a wilderness, surrounded by sin and the enemy who prowls like a lion. Yet Luther's explanation of the Fourth Petition and the First Article of the Creed reminds us that God daily provides everything we need for body and life—food, shelter, family, faithful neighbors, and protection from evil—out of pure fatherly goodness, "without any merit or worthiness in me."
The psalm's middle verses turn from green pastures to dark valleys, and notice the shift: the psalmist stops speaking about the shepherd and begins speaking to Him. "For you are with me." This is the same intimate confidence Luther describes in the Lord's Prayer—God "tenderly invites us to believe that he is our true Father and that we are his true children." The shepherd leads in paths of righteousness for His name's sake, not ours. Proverbs 3:5-6, Psalm 106:8, Matthew 5:16, and Ephesians 2:8-10 all converge here: salvation, righteousness, and good works are God's doing, prepared beforehand to bring glory to Him. Our darkest valleys—loss, fear, even death itself—have already been absorbed by our Shepherd on the cross. His rod and staff do not beat the sheep; they nudge, direct, and rescue.
The psalm ends not in the valley but at a banquet. The table prepared in the presence of enemies points forward to the feast promised in Isaiah 25:6-9—rich food, well-aged wine, and the swallowing up of death forever—and finally to Revelation 21:1-5, where God Himself dwells with His people and wipes every tear from their eyes. "Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me" is better understood as pursue: God's goodness chases His sheep down, not to punish but to shower them with blessing and bring them home. This is no distant future hope. We are not future sheep; we are His sheep now. The Shepherd walks with us today, in every height and every valley, leading us toward the eternal house where we will dwell with Him forever.
Transcript
Heavenly Lord, we thank You so much for Your Word. 3s
We thank You for the clarifying truth that You bring to us through Your Word. 7s
Lord, we ask that by Your Spirit You would lead us in this time of study as we look to 12s
Your Word, as we look to the Psalms and what You have for us in them. 17s
Lord, we thank You so much for Your grace. 23s
We thank You for Your daily presence with us. 26s
And we thank You that You walk with us every step of our lives. 28s
And we ask that we would keep our hearts and minds open to where You are calling us, 35s
where You are leading us, and that we would follow knowing that we follow You with faith and confidence 41s
because Your will for our lives is perfect and good. 49s
Lord, we lift this to You in the name of Jesus Christ, amen. 53s
Okay, so we are, we're in our third study on the Psalms and this semester, 57s
anytime that I get to be up here for adult education, we're going to be studying the Psalms. 64s
So we started with kind of talking a little bit about the Psalms, the poetic language. 71s
We started talking about Martin Luther, some different thoughts that Martin Luther had on it. 77s
Last week we went ahead and tested Martin Luther's claim that within the Psalter we have a little Bible. 82s
And we found that indeed we get the full story of creation through redemption and the victory that is ours in Christ. 90s
And so with this third one, because we are taking, taking some weeks off, where, where Pastor Ibel is going to have his amazing class on Isaiah, 99s
we are going to have this time gap. 111s
And so I thought, how, what are we going to do? 113s
Because I don't want to leave us in a cliffhanger. 117s
But, but then by the grace of God, we have a plan. 120s
So everyone open to the Psalms, please. 124s
If you open your Bibles to the middle, you will most likely find yourselves in the Psalms definitely probably in at least the books of wisdom. 128s
So the Psalms are in the center of your Bibles and just open up to Psalm 23. 140s
I thought this would be a perfect Psalm for us to study today because this Psalm is familiar pretty much to everyone across the world. 147s
It is a Psalm that is used so often in funerals, in times of mourning, in looking for hope. 163s
This is a very familiar Psalm. 175s
And there's this sort of ingrained nature that we have with this Psalm that it's just ingrained into our lives. 180s
Even those who are not common practiceers of Christianity are familiar to some extent with this Psalm. 192s
And there's this sort of transcendent quality that this Psalm has. 200s
And being when I was a teenager, I didn't want this to be the best Psalm ever because I wanted to buck the system. 206s
But when you come to this Psalm, I mean, it's just astounding. 215s
It's amazing and it is such a beautiful word of grace. 220s
So please open to Psalm 23. 223s
I don't know what page it is in the Pew edition of the Bible. 227s
Does anyone want to shout that out? 230s
If you're using a Pew edition of the Bible, you can find it on 464 in the Old Testament. 236s
So we're going to take an opportunity and we're going to read this aloud together. 241s
Yay! 247s
Okay, so we're going to start. 249s
Is everyone there at Psalm 23? 253s
Perfect. Let's go ahead and start. 256s
The Lord is my shepherd. 258s
I shall not want. 260s
He makes me lie down in green pastures. 262s
He leads me beside still waters. 265s
He restores my soul. 268s
He leads me in right paths for his name's sake. 270s
Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil. 274s
For you are with me. 280s
You're raw and you're staff. 281s
They comfort me. 283s
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. 285s
You anoint my head with oil. 289s
My cup overflows. 292s
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life. 294s
And I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. 299s
It's just beautiful. 306s
Absolutely beautiful. 308s
We are the sheep. 310s
We are the sheep. 313s
Over and over. 315s
We hear this imagery of God's people being the sheep in a zekeel. 317s
You can mark right here. 324s
Psalm 23 because we're going to come back to it a lot. 327s
But in a zekeel, the 34th chapter, I really, really love this. 330s
Keeping in mind the Lord is my shepherd. 336s
The Lord is my shepherd. 338s
In a zekeel, the 34th chapter. 340s
So if you go past Psalms, past proverbs, ecclesiastes, psalm, psalm, 343s
then you find yourself in Isaiah and Jeremiah. 348s
Then we have a zekeel. 352s
Ezekiel chapter 34 verses 11 or we're beginning at 11. 353s
11 through 16 is what we're going to read first and then we'll jump down to verse 22. 360s
For thus says the Lord God, I myself will search out for my sheep or will search for my sheep 366s
and will seek them out as shepherd seek out their flocks when they are among their scattered sheep. 372s
So I will seek out my sheep. 378s
I will rescue them from all the places to which they have been scattered on a day of clouds and thick darkness. 380s
I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from their countries and will bring them into their own land. 388s
And I will feed them on the mountains of Israel by the water courses and in all the inhabited parts of the land. 394s
I will feed them with good pasture and the mountain heights of Israel shall be their pasture. 401s
There they shall lie down in good grazing land and they shall feed on rich pasture of the mountains of Israel. 405s
I myself will be the shepherd of my sheep and I will make them lie down, says the Lord God. 413s
I will seek the lost and I will bring back the strait. 420s
I will bind up the injured and I will strengthen the weak but the fat and the strong I will destroy. 425s
I will feed them with justice, jumping down to verse 22. 431s
I will save my flock and they shall no longer be ravaged and I will judge between sheep and sheep. 437s
I will set up over them one shepherd, my servant David and he shall feed them. 443s
He shall feed them and be their shepherd and I the Lord will shall be their God and my servant David shall be prince among them. 448s
I the Lord have spoken. 457s
I will make with them a covenant of peace and banish wild animals from the land so that they may live in the wild and sleep in the woods securely. 459s
I will make them and the region around my hill a blessing and I will send down the showers in their season. 468s
They shall be showers of blessing. 477s
The trees of the fields shall yield their fruit and the earth shall yield its increase. 478s
They shall be secure on their soil and they shall know that I am the Lord when I break the bars of their yoke and save them from the hands of those who enslaved them. 484s
They shall no more be plunder for the nations nor shall the animals of the land devour them. 493s
They shall live in safety and no one shall make them afraid. 499s
I will provide for them a splendid vegetation so that they shall no more be consumed with hunger in the land. 502s
And no longer suffer the insults of the nations. 508s
They shall know that I the Lord their God and with them and that they the house of Israel are my people says the Lord God. 511s
You are my sheep the sheep of my pasture and I am your God says the Lord God. 519s
Let's go back to Psalm 23. 527s
The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. 531s
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. 535s
All of our needs all of our needs are met by the Lord in Deuteronomy. 543s
The second chapter verse seven and you don't have to flip here. 551s
You're welcome too but you don't have to. 557s
Deuteronomy chapter two verse seven. 559s
It says, Surely the Lord your God has blessed you in all your undertakings. 563s
He knows you're going through this great wilderness. 567s
These 40 years the Lord your God has been with you. 570s
You have lacked nothing as the Israelites wandered in the wilderness for 40 years. 574s
They had shelter always. Their clothing did not wear out. 580s
The shoes on their feet did not wear out. 584s
They had the mana in the morning, the the quail in the evening. 587s
So they lacked absolutely nothing. Everything. 591s
Everything that they needed was tended to and cared for and provided by their shepherd, by the Lord. 596s
They lacked absolutely nothing in the wilderness. 605s
And as long as we are living this side of heaven, we are living in a wilderness. 610s
It does not mean that we are in necessarily a spiritual wilderness as the Israelites people were. 616s
We can be. We certainly can be. 624s
But we are living in a wilderness. There are there are bees. 626s
What are we told in the scripture that the devil prowls like a lion just waiting to pounce on us, waiting to devour. 630s
And we are in a wilderness, a wilderness of sin. 639s
But the Lord is our shepherd. 645s
We shall not want. 648s
In the Lord's Prayer, from the small catechism, the Lord's Prayer, petition four, 652s
we pray, give us this day our daily bread. 657s
And in the catechism, Martin Luther addresses this. 661s
He says, what does that mean? 664s
God certainly gives daily bread to everyone without our prayers, even to all evil people. 666s
But we pray in this petition that God would lead us to realize this. 672s
And to receive our daily bread with thanksgiving and what is meant by daily bread. 677s
Daily bread includes everything that has to do with the support and needs of the body. 682s
Such as food, drink, clothing, shoes, house, home, land, animals, money, goods, a devout husband or wife, devout children, devout workers, devout and faithful rulers, good government, good weather, peace, health, self-control, good reputation, good friends, faithful neighbors and the like. 689s
It covers everything. 710s
The Lord is my shepherd. 714s
I shall not want. He makes me to lie down in green pastures. 716s
He leads me beside still waters. 721s
What does a sheep need? 724s
It needs the fresh pastures. 725s
The green grass to eat. 727s
It needs the calm water that they can drink. 730s
That is the daily bread. 734s
And the Lord provides all of that in the apostles' creed. 736s
The first confession we make is, I believe in God the Father, Almighty Creator of heaven and earth. 740s
Again, looking at the small catacism, the explanation, Martin Luther says, what does this mean? 748s
Well, it means I believe that God has made me and all creatures. 755s
That He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears and all my members, my reason and all my senses and still. 759s
Still takes care of them. 768s
He also gives me clothing and shoes, food and drink, house and home, wife and children, land, animals and all I have. 770s
He richly and daily provides me with all that I need to support this body and life. 778s
He defends me against all danger and guards and protects me from all evil. 785s
All that He does, only out of fatherly divine goodness and mercy. 790s
Without any merit or worthiness in me, for all this it is my duty to thank and praise, serve and obey Him. 797s
And this is most certainly true. 805s
He cares for us. 809s
He is our shepherd that we may not want because He is good, because He is gracious, because He cannot and will not do anything other. 811s
He gives to His sheep because He loves His sheep. 828s
And we as His sheep have done nothing to earn it. 835s
We do nothing to sustain being kept for, but He continues to feed us, to nourish us and to sustain us, this side of heaven. 838s
And eternally, of course, but this side of heaven we are cared for. 851s
I can never do the 23rd Psalm this first verse. 856s
I can never do this without telling about my son. 859s
So I was teaching this Psalm, we were going over this at the household and this is, I mean, He was probably 6 or 7. 863s
And He did something that was naughty. 871s
And so He got in trouble and He was grounded. 874s
And I can't remember exactly what privilege we took from Him, but He looked at me straight in the face and He said, 878s
The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. 886s
My God, I can't scripture to Me. 892s
But, but, you know, all kidding aside, think of that, that everything we have, everything we need is we are cared for by our father, our heavenly father who gives just out of His own goodness and grace and mercy. 896s
And what more do we need than what He provides for us, namely, of course, His Son Christ who provides for our eternal life. 917s
So the Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me besides still waters. 930s
He restores my soul. 938s
Oh, that's just amazing. He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for His names sake. 940s
Notice why He is leading us in right paths. It is not because, wow, sheep, you've done such a great job that I'm going to go ahead and take the lead. 947s
No, absolutely not. He is leading His sheep. He leads us for His names sake. 958s
He leads His sheep in the correct way. Keep your hand here. Just flip over to Proverbs. So after Psalms, you're going to just find yourself in Proverbs. Proverbs three. 967s
And again, we're going to one of my favorites. Proverbs three verses five through six. 980s
Trust in the Lord with all your heart and do not rely on your own insight in all your ways acknowledge Him and He will make your, or He will make straight your paths. 987s
He leads us forward in righteousness. He cannot mislead us. He cannot lead us astray because again, that would go against who He is. 1000s
And so He leads us in the correct way for the purpose of His goodness. For the purpose of His mercy, His faithfulness, it's not dependent on our goodness. It's not dependent on the sheep being faithful, the sheep being merciful. 1016s
It is all dependent on the shepherd for His names sake. The sheep are led in paths of righteousness for the sake of God's name. That is to bring glory to God, to bring glory to God and who He is. 1036s
Keep your hand here. Go to Psalm 106. Psalm 106 verse eight, where the, the, the psalmist is writing about Israel's past about their sins about how they have wandered. 1061s
In verse eight, it says, yet He saved them for His names sake so that He might make known His mighty power. 1087s
Let's go over to Matthew chapter five. So we're going to the New Testament, the first book on the, the gospel of Matthew, first book in the New Testament, Matthew chapter five, 1098s
verse 16. So, so Jesus is teaching His sermon on the mount, He's teaching that we are to be the salt and the light. And in verse 16 of Matthew five, He says, let your light shine before others. That is the light of Christ that is in us. Let your light shine before others so that they may see your good works and give glory to your father in heaven. 1114s
It is not so that they can see every awesome thing you do and glorify or praise you. It is to glorify God who prepared these works for us. 1138s
Keep going in the New Testament over to Ephesians. So we're going to go past the gospels, past the book of Acts. We're going to find ourselves in the letters that Paul wrote. 1153s
Romans, first and second Corinthians, Ephesians, Galatians, and then Ephesians chapter two. 1163s
Okay, I'm finding a theme here. We're going to a lot of my favorites. 1173s
Okay, chapter two. Beginning in verse eight. Ephesians two, eight through ten. For by grace you have been saved through faith. This is not your own doing. It is the gift of God. 1178s
Not the result of works so that no one may boast right there. It's telling us we do not get to pat ourselves on our back. It is not about what we have done or are doing, what we have chosen. 1193s
Right? For we are what he has made us created in Christ Jesus for good works which God prepared beforehand to be our way of life. 1206s
The Lord is our shepherd. The Lord leans us in paths of righteousness for his name, Satan. 1220s
So that he can be made known, that he can be glorified, that others may be drawn into the flock with us. 1232s
Not of our own doing and not because we deserve it, but because he is good and gracious and mighty. 1247s
All right, let's come back to Psalm 23. 1257s
So we've got these first three verses. The Lord is my shepherd. I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me. 1262s
Besides still waters. He restores my soul. He leads me in right paths for his name's sake. Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil. 1271s
For you are with me. Do you hear a shift in the language? 1290s
The first three verses. We hear about this shepherd and we hear about all he does. And it gives us this projected about this third person. 1299s
And here now we are praying with the Psalmist directly to the shepherd. All of a sudden we have this greater intimacy. 1313s
It's no longer talking about, but it's talking to the shepherd. And it's the intimacy of that relationship that we have with God. 1326s
It's bringing us closer into that relationship with him. Think about the address of the Lord's prayer when we begin the Lord's prayer, our Father who art in heaven. 1340s
Again, who are we addressing? We're addressing our Father in the small cataclysm Martin Luther addresses this. He says, our Father who art in heaven, what does this mean? 1356s
With these words, God tenderly invites us to believe that he is our true Father and that we are his true children so that with all boldness and confidence we may ask him as dear children ask their dear Father. 1368s
We are invited into that intimate relationship with our shepherd. He calls us to come to him. He calls us to follow him. He calls us to address him. 1388s
And so in these words in Psalm 23, even though I walk through the darkest valley, I fear no evil for you are with me. 1408s
We are acknowledging, we are recognizing that we can go and will go through valleys. 1419s
There are valleys every which way in our lives. And we're promised. We're promised that there is nothing to fear because our shepherd is walking with us. 1429s
The Lord never abandons us. Never. I think about the darkest time, the darkest days, the darkest fears, the darkest valleys of my life. 1445s
Those were absorbed by my shepherd on the cross. 1465s
My darkest now. I didn't walk alone. Your darkest day, your darkest night, your darkest valley, you don't walk alone. 1476s
And your valley has already been answered for on the cross. 1495s
I fear no evil. Your rod and your staffs, they comfort me. Knowing that you're a shepherd, think about the rod and the staff. 1503s
The shepherd does not beat his or her sheep, but nudges, keeps in line, direct, rescues, and the Lord does that for us. 1518s
So when it is so easy walking in a valley to just onege, inspire the Lord comforts us. He comes around us with his rod, his staff, and he says, 1537s
it's okay. I'm here. Think about if you have children or if you remember when you were a child, and that great fear, the boogie man, and crying in the middle of the night, and having your parent come in and scoop you up or with your own child going in and scooping your kettle up, and it's okay. 1553s
It's okay. I've got you. And this is what the Lord does with us. It's okay. I've got you. Your rod and your staff, Lord, they comfort me. 1577s
Even though actually let's back up first. I guess, sorry, you don't see my notes. I'm backing up in my own notes. 1592s
I think that Martin Luther, he really gets at this idea of the valley and that any valley we walk through, we still have the Lord in a mighty fortress that fourth stands there's part of it where I think in our translation, we usually sing, let goods in Kendrick go this mortal life also. 1597s
The body they may kill God's truth, a bite is still his kingdom is forever. Another translation is and they take our life goods, fame, child, and wife, though all may be gone are victory is one the kingdoms hours forever. 1625s
So we know the valley is real. What what what is the valley for most of us it's some sort of lost it can be death looming itself. 1644s
But we're promised that we're not that we're not going through it and that word even though even though I walk through the valley it's giving hope. 1658s
I will walk through the valley but that's not the final word the final word is not the valley and so what is happening the sheep are being led through this valley and we see them we are them coming out to a banquet that's been laid and prepared before them before us. 1671s
So let's come back to Psalm 23. So we've just walked through the valley of evil or the darkest valley we fear no evil the Lord is comforting us the shepherd is comforting us with with his rod and his daft you prepare me verse five you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you anoint my head with oil my cup over flows. 1698s
The sheep are led through the valley to a banquet their lead to a banquet that they have not prepared that they have not been charged with making but that is prepared for them. 1726s
You are the sheep we know that there is a banquet that has been prepared for us Christ tells his disciples I'm going so I can prepare for you. 1744s
So let's go let's look at this banquet for a moment this banquet that's promised in Isaiah 25 so keep your hand at Psalm 23 and flip over we're going to go past the books of wisdom we're going to find ourselves in Isaiah the prophet Isaiah chapter 25 and we see this amazing banquet laid out this promise beginning in verse 6 where the Lord promises on this mountain. 1760s
The Lord of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food a feast of well aged wine of rich food filled with marrow of well aged wines strained clear and he will destroy on this mountain the shroud that is cast over all peoples the sheet that is spread over all nations he will swallow up death forever. 1789s
Then the Lord God will wipe away the tears from all faces and the disgrace of his people he will take away from all the earth for the Lord has spoken it will be said on that day low. 1815s
This is our God we have waited for him so that he might save us this is the Lord for whom we have waited let us be glad and rejoice in his salvation. 1830s
We are promised a banquet were promised the rich food with marrow I am so American in my eating that I am so American in my eating that I am so American in my eating. 1845s
When I when I when I get to experience other cultures and they talk about the food I kind of don't want to hear what they're putting in it. 1859s
When I was in Costa Rica and they talk about the the the the marrow soup and they talk about how it's it's a rich rich souls so saver and I just think about that. 1870s
I am American I am like give me just really straight lean meat but it's the richness that rich food the marrow the the well aged wine that that wine that is is to be saver and enjoyed and you think about that the Lord is laying out for his sheep as they come through the darkest valley. 1889s
They come we come to the richest banquet a banquet that we would never be able to prepare for ourselves that we can't even imagine the richness of and that promise that we have in Isaiah that it's going up death that we have no tears we have no fears it is all prepared and before us. 1917s
Let's keep going with with with this in verse five you prepare this table before me in the presence of my enemies you annoyed my head with oil my cup over flows think about the oil and the significance of that the oil in which the the profit would annoying the priest the profit would annoy the king David is anointed with oil. 1947s
Solomon is anointed with oil think of when Jesus is going to go to the cross and the woman comes and annoyance him with oil and he says this is a good thing and here we're told that the shepherd the shepherd is anointing sheep the shepherd is going to anoint his sheep. 1975s
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long. 2005s
Can you just see goodness and mercy it says it says that goodness and mercy are following they are pursuing. 2020s
They're given a personification like the shepherd is sending out goodness and mercy and they are going to tackle us and he wants to tackle us with goodness with faithfulness they're pursuing after this sheep the goodness of God is chasing you down. 2031s
Does that not sound incredible we think of scary God chasing us down ready to beat us with his rod and his stats that's not our shepherd our shepherd is the one who chases us down to shower us with goodness and faithfulness with goodness and mercy 2061s
so that he can fill our lives with the richness of his blessings in order to bring us into his house forever. 2087s
Can you imagine having a house guest forever? 2103s
Pretty soon you are looking for your rod and your staff to and here here God is saying I'm going to get you I'm going to bring you I'm going to place you here I'm going to annoy you with oil I'm treating you like royalty 2109s
I want to treat you like royalty I want your eternal life blessed so richly for all of eternity you are not only my house guest you are my child for all eternity it's the eternal banquet the marriage feast that we are called to. 2125s
Let's go keep your hand here let's go to the very last book in scripture revelation revelation the last chapter of the last book revelation 21 verses one through five this is just amazing 2151s
revelation 21 1 through 5 then I saw a new heaven and a new earth for the first heaven and the first earth had passed away and the sea was no more and I saw coming and I saw the holy city the new Jerusalem coming down out of heaven from God prepared as a bride adorned for her husband and I heard a loud voice from the throne saying see the whole of God is among 2172s
mortals he will dwell with them as their God they will be his peoples and God himself will be with them he will wipe every tear from their eyes death will be no more morning and crying and pain will be no more for the first things have passed away and the one who was seated on the throne said see I am making all 2199s
things new the Lord God our shepherd will dwell with us amongst us absolutely no barriers for all eternity we can't even imagine how amazing and glorious that will be 2228s
but we're promised that that is our eternal future and we are promised that what is to come is already now we don't have a future shepherd we are not future sheep we are sheep now and today 2259s
and the Lord richly bless now and today even when we go through a valley we're walked through with the shepherd when we have our highest height highest height the Lord is there when we have our lowest lows the Lord is there because the Lord is with us 2287s
always go to Psalm 23 again we're going to take a breath and we're going to read this together one more time thinking of who our shepherd is and who he is to us for us for his 2315s
lives say let's read the Lord is my shepherd I shall not want he makes me lie down in green pastures he leads me beside still waters he restores my soul he leads me in right paths for his name's sake even though I walk through the darkest valley I fear no evil for you are with me 2344s
you're raw and your staff they comfort me you prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies you annoying my head with oil my cup overflows surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long 2372s
Amen 2396s
you 2406s