(23) A Psalm of David.
1The Lord tends me as a shepherd, and I shall lack nothing.
2In a place of green grass, there he has made me dwell: he has nourished me by the water of rest.
3He has restored my soul: he has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake.
4Yes, even if I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death, I will not be afraid of evils: for you are with me; your rod and your staff, these have comforted me.
5You have prepared a table before me in presence of them that afflict me: you have thoroughly anointed my head with oil; and your cup cheers me like the best wine.
6Your mercy also shall follow me all the days of my life: and my dwelling shall be in the house of the Lord for a very long time.
Text: the Septuagint in the translation of Sir Lancelot C. L. Brenton (1851), revised in American English by Michael Paul Johnson (LXX2012). Public domain. The Old Testament of the Eastern Orthodox Bible is in preparation.
