Psalms 23

¹For the First Sabbath. A Psalm of David. The earth and all its fullness belong to the Lord: the whole world and all that dwells in it.

²For he has founded it upon the seas, and he has prepared it upon the rivers.

³Who will ascend to the mountain of the Lord? And who will stand in his holy place?

⁴The innocent of hands and the clean of heart, who has not received his soul in vain, nor sworn deceitfully to his neighbor.

⁵He will receive a blessing from the Lord, and mercy from God, his Savior.

⁶This is the generation that seeks him, that seeks the face of the God of Jacob.

⁷Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

⁸Who is this King of Glory? The Lord who is strong and powerful; the Lord powerful in battle.

⁹Lift up your gates, you princes, and be lifted up, eternal gates. And the King of Glory shall enter.

¹⁰Who is this King of Glory? The Lord of virtue. He himself is the King of Glory.

¹The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.

²He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

³He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

⁴Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

⁶Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.