First Presbyterian Church

A Summer of Psalms

	Psalm 23 A Psalm of David. ¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. ² He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters;^* ³ he restores my soul.^* He leads me in right paths^* for his name’s sake. ⁴ Even though I walk through the darkest valley,^* I fear no evil; for you are with me; your rod and your staff— they comfort me. ⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. ⁶ Surely^* goodness and mercy^* shall follow me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord my whole life long.^*
Clockwise from top: The Great Psalms Scroll from Qumran (1stc.); Cathach of St. Columbia Psalter (Ireland, 7th c.); Vespasian Psalter (England, 8th c.); Ps 27 from the Utrecht Psalter (Netherlands, 9th c.); Ps 89 from the Genevan Psalter (16th c.); Kiev Psalter (14thc.).

A Summer of Psalms

Psalm 23

A Psalm of David.
¹ The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want.
²   He makes me lie down in green pastures;
he leads me beside still waters;^*
³   he restores my soul.^*
He leads me in right paths^*
   for his name’s sake.

⁴ Even though I walk through the darkest valley,^*
   I fear no evil;
for you are with me;
   your rod and your staff—
   they comfort me.

⁵ You prepare a table before me
   in the presence of my enemies;
you anoint my head with oil;
   my cup overflows.
⁶ Surely^* goodness and mercy^* shall follow me
   all the days of my life,
and I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
   my whole life long.^*

Clockwise from top: The Great Psalms Scroll from Qumran (1stc.); Cathach of St. Columbia Psalter (Ireland, 7th c.); Vespasian Psalter (England, 8th c.); Ps 27 from the Utrecht Psalter (Netherlands, 9th c.); Ps 89 from the Genevan Psalter (16th c.); Kiev Psalter (14thc.).