Psalms 23:1 - Exposition

The Lord is my Shepherd . This metaphor, so frequent in the later Scriptures ( Isaiah 40:11 ; Isaiah 49:9 , Isaiah 49:10 ; Jeremiah 31:10 ; Ezekiel 34:6-19 ; John 10:11-19 , John 10:26-28 ; Hebrews 13:20 ; 1 Peter 2:25 ; 1 Peter 5:4 ; Revelation 7:17 ), is perhaps implied in Genesis 48:15 , but first appears, plainly and openly, in the Davidical psalms (see, besides the present passage, Psalms 74:1 ; Psalms 77:20 ; Psalms 78:53 ; Psalms 79:1-13 :14; Psalms 80:1 —psalms which, if not David's, belong to the time, and were written under the influence, of David). It is a metaphor specially consecrated to us by our Lord's employment and endorsement of it ( John 10:11-16 ). I shall not want . The Prayer-book Version brings out the full sense, "Therefore can I lack nothing" (comp. Deuteronomy 2:7 ; Deuteronomy 8:9 ; and Matthew 6:31-33 ).