Children, listen to me,\par and I will teach you to respect the Lord.\par
Psalm 23:1 - Easy To Read Version The Lord is my shepherd.\par I will always have everything I need. {\cf2\super [138]} \par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition THE Lord is my Shepherd [to feed, guide, and shield me], I shall not lack. American Standard Version (1901) Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. Common English Bible The LORD is my shepherd. I lack nothing. Catholic Public Domain Version For 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. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version 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. |
Children, listen to me,\par and I will teach you to respect the Lord.\par
Then God led Israel like a shepherd.\par He led his people like sheep into the desert.\par
We are your people.\par We are the sheep in your flock.\par We will praise you forever.\par God, we will praise you\par forever and ever.\par
The Lord is our protector and glorious king. {\cf2\super [491]} \par God blesses us with kindness and glory.\par The Lord gives every good thing\par to people who follow and obey him.\par
The Lord will lead his people\par like a shepherd leads sheep.\par The Lord will use his arm (power)\par and gather his sheep together.\par The Lord will pick up the little sheep\par and hold them in his arms.\par Their mothers will walk beside him.\par
“Nations, listen to this message\par from the Lord!\par Tell this message in the faraway lands\par by the sea:\par ‘God scattered the people of Israel\par But God will bring them back together.\par And he will watch over his flock (people)\par like a shepherd.’\par
I will lead them to grassy fields. They will go to the place high on the mountains of Israel. There they will lie down on good ground and eat the grass. They will eat in rich grassland on the mountains of Israel.
But you, Bethlehem Ephrathah,\par are the smallest town in Judah.\par Your family is almost too small to count.\par But the “Ruler of Israel”\par will come from you for me.\par His beginnings {\cf2\super [60]} are from ancient times,\par from long, long ago.\par
Then \{the Ruler of Israel\} will stand\par in the power of the Lord and\par in the wonderful name\par of the Lord his God\par and feed \{the flock\}.\par They will live \{in peace\}\par because at that time, his greatness\par will reach to the ends of the earth. {\cf2\super [62]} \par
The thing you should want most is God’s kingdom and doing the good things God wants you to do. Then all these other things you need will be given to you.
“I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd gives his life for the sheep.
He even let his own Son suffer for us. God gave his Son for us all. So with Jesus now, God will surely give us all things.
My God is very rich with the glory of Christ Jesus. God will use his riches in Christ Jesus to give you everything you need.
You were like sheep that went the wrong way. But now you have come back to the Shepherd and Protector of your lives.
Then when the Ruling Shepherd (Christ) comes, you will get a crown. That crown will be very glorious, and it will never lose its beauty.
The Lamb at the center of the throne will be their shepherd. He will lead them to springs of water that give life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”