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Psalm 23

Psa 23:1  <A Psalm of David.> The LORD [is] my shepherd; I shall not want.- lack nothing
a) No doubt
b) Matt 6 – we lack as a result of our carnality.
c) Shepard’s care

Psa 23:2  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
a) Lord desires good things for us.
b) 2 Pe 3vs 9

Psa 23:3  He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
a) 2 Cor 5:17
b) Gal 6:15

Psa 23:4  Yea, 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.

H6757
צלמות
tsalma^veth
tsal-maw'-veth
From H6738 and H4194; shade of death, that is, the grave (figuratively calamity): - shadow of death.
…. Woe is me
a) Is 9:2
b) Mentioned 19 times, 13 in Job

H7626
שׁבט
she^beṭ
shay'-bet
From an unused root probably meaning to branch off; a scion, that is, (literally) a stick (for punishing, writing, fighting, ruling, walking, etc.) or (figuratively) a clan: -  X correction, dart, rod, sceptre, staff, tribe.

H4938
משׁענת    משׁענה
mish‛e^na^h  mish‛eneth
mish-ay-naw', mish-eh'-neth
Feminine of H4937; support (abstractly), that is, (figuratively) sustenance or (concretely) a walking stick: - staff.

Psa 23:5  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

a) John 15:19 & 17:14-16

H1878
דּשׁן
da^she^n
daw-shane'
A primitive root; to be fat; transitively to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively to satisfy; denominatively (from H1880) to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices): - accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.

Psa 23:6  Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
Faith