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OET (OET-RV) A song by David.
 ⇔ Yahweh is my shepherd
⇔ so I won’t lack anything.

Key: khaki:verbs, red:negative, green:YHWH.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the OET-RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

ULT A psalm of David.
 ⇔ [A Psalm of David] Yahweh is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.

UST Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep,
⇔ so I have everything that I need.

BSB A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ The LORD is my shepherd;[fn]
⇔ I shall not want.

23:1 See Revelation 7:17.

OEB A psalm of David.
 ⇔ The Lord is my shepherd: I am never in need.

CSB A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I have what I need.

NLT The LORD is my shepherd; I have all that I need.

NIV A psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing.

CEV You, LORD, are my shepherd. I will never be in need.

ESV The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

NASB A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.

LSB A Psalm of David. Yahweh is my shepherd, I shall not want.

WEB A Psalm by David.
 ⇔ Yahweh is my shepherd;
⇔ I shall lack nothing.

WMB A Psalm by David.
 ⇔ The LORD is my shepherd;
⇔ I shall lack nothing.

MSG ^(1-3)God, my shepherd!
  I don’t need a thing.
You have bedded me down in lush meadows,
  you find me quiet pools to drink from.
True to your word,
  you let me catch my breath
  and send me in the right direction.

NET A psalm of David.
 ⇔ The Lord is my shepherd,
 ⇔ I lack nothing.

LSV A PSALM OF DAVID. YHWH [is] my shepherd, I do not lack,

FBV A psalm of David.
 ⇔ Since the Lord is my shepherd, I have everything I need.

T4T Yahweh, you care for me like a shepherd cares for his sheep.
⇔ So I have everything that I need.

LEB • I will not lack for anything.

NRSV The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.

NKJV A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

NAB A psalm of David. The
d LORD
d* is my shepherd; there is nothing I lack.

BBE A Psalm. Of David.
 ⇔ The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

MOF A song of David.
 ⇔ The Eternal shepherds me, I lack for nothing;

JPS A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

ASV A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

DRA On the first day of the week, a psalm for David. The earth is the Lord’s and the fulness thereof: the world, and all they that dwell therein.

YLT A Psalm of David. Jehovah [is] my shepherd, I do not lack,

DBY A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want.

RV A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

WBS A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

KJB A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
(A Psalm of David.
 ⇔ The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. )

BB A psalme of Dauid. God is my sheephearde, therfore I can lacke nothyng:
(A psalme of Dauid. God is my shepherd, therefore I can lacke nothing:)

GNV A Psalme of David. The Lord is my shepheard, I shall not want.
(A Psalme of David. The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. )

CB The LORDE is my shepherde, I can wante nothinge.
(The LORD is my shepherd, I can wante nothing.)

WYC The title of the `thre and twentithe salm. The song of Dauid. The erthe and the fulnesse therof is `the Lordis; the world, and alle that dwellen therynne `is the Lordis.
(The title of the `thre and twentithe salm. The song of Dauid. The earth and the fulnesse therof is `the Lordis; the world, and all that dwellen therynne `is the Lordis.)

LUT Ein Psalm Davids. Der HErr ist mein Hirte; mir wird nichts mangeln.
(Ein Psalm Davids. The LORD is my Hirte; to_me becomes nichts mangeln.)

CLV Prima sabbati. Psalmus David. [Domini est terra, et plenitudo ejus; orbis terrarum, et universi qui habitant in eo.[fn]
(Prima sabbati. Psalmus David. [Domini it_is terra, and plenitudo his; orbis terrarum, and universi who habitant in eo.)

23.1 Psalmus David. AUG. In prima sabbati mundus conditus, in eadem homo restauratus per resurrectionem Christi: CASS. unde monet victorem cum triumpho suscipere. Domini est terra. Primo dicit totum orbem esse Dei, etc., usque ad sed quis in monte ejus, nisi innocens?

23.1 Psalmus David. AUG. In the_first sabbati mundus conditus, in eadem human restauratus per resurrectionem Christi: CASS. whence monet victorem when/with triumpho suscipere. Domini it_is terra. Primo dicit totum orbem esse God, etc., usque to but who/any in mountain his, nisi innocens?

BRN A Psalm for David on the first day of the week.
¶ The earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof; the world, and all that dwell in it.

BrLXX Ψαλμὸς τῷ Δαυὶδ τῆς μιᾶς σαββάτου.
¶ Τοῦ Κυρίου ἡ γῆ καὶ τὸ πλήρωμα αὐτῆς, ἡ οἰκουμένη καὶ πάντες οἱ κατοικοῦντες ἐν αὐτῇ.
( psalmos tōi Dawid taʸs mias sabbatou.
¶ Tou Kuriou haʸ gaʸ kai to plaʸrōma autaʸs, haʸ oikoumenaʸ kai pantes hoi katoikountes en autaʸ. )

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

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(Some words not found in UHB: psalm of,David YHWH shepherd,my not want )

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In much of this psalm, David writes as if he were a sheep and the Lord were his shepherd. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See also: figs-parallelism and figs-exmetaphor)

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

יְהוָ֥ה רֹ֝עִ֗⁠י

YHWH shepherd,my

The writer speaks about Yahweh as if he were a shepherd. This emphasizes how God cares for people as a shepherd cares for his sheep. Alternate translation: “Yahweh is like a shepherd to me” or “Yahweh cares for me as a shepherd cares for his sheep”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / litotes

I will lack nothing

(Some words not found in UHB: psalm of,David YHWH shepherd,my not want )

This can be stated in positive form. Alternate translation: “I have everything that I need”

Parallel PSA 23:1

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