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Psalm 23 — The Lord Is My Shepherd

Also known as The Lord ruleth me, Psalm 22, Shepherd psalm

The psalm read at nearly every Catholic funeral, and worth knowing long before then. It does not promise the valley will be avoided — only that one is not alone in it.

Douay-Rheims (Psalm 22)

Numbered 22 in the Douay-Rheims and the Vulgate, 23 in most modern Bibles.

The Lord ruleth me, and I shall want nothing.
He hath set me in a place of pasture.
He hath brought me up on the water of refreshment;
he hath converted my soul.

He hath led me on the paths of justice,
for his own name’s sake.
For though I should walk in the midst of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evils, for thou art with me.
Thy rod and thy staff, they have comforted me.

Thou hast prepared a table before me
against them that afflict me.
Thou hast anointed my head with oil;
and my chalice which inebriateth me, how goodly is it!

And thy mercy will follow me
all the days of my life.
And that I may dwell in the house of the Lord
unto length of days.

Source

Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision)

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