Psalm 23:1 (BSB)

A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

From Psalms 23. Also in the ESV.

Commentary on Psalm 23:1

• John Calvin (Reformed), Calvin's Commentaries on Psalm 23:1-6: PSALM 23. This psalm is neither intermingled with prayers, nor does it complain of miseries for the purpose of obtaining relief; but it contains simply a thanksgiving, from which it appears that it was composed when David had obtained peaceable possession of the kingdom, and lived in prosperity, and in the enjoyment of all he could desire.
• C.H. Spurgeon (Reformed Baptist), The Treasury of David on Psalm 23:1: "The Lord is my shepherd." What condescension is this, that the infinite Lord assumes towards his people the office and character of a Shepherd! It should be the subject of grateful admiration that the great God allows himself to be compared to anything which will set forth his great love and care for his own people.
• Matthew Henry (Presbyterian), Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary on Psalm 23:1-6: From three very comfortable premises David, in this psalm, draws three very comfortable conclusions, and teaches us to do so too. We are saved by hope, and that hope will not make us ashamed, because it is well grounded. It is the duty of Christians to encourage themselves in the Lord their God; and we are here directed to take that encouragement both from the...
• John Gill (Reformed Baptist), Exposition of the Old and New Testaments on Psalm 23:1: The Lord is my shepherd,.... This is to be understood not of Jehovah the Father, and of his feeding the people of Israel in the wilderness, as the Targum paraphrases it, though the character of a shepherd is sometimes given to him, Psa 77:20; but of Jehovah the Son, to whom it is most frequently ascribed, Gen 49:24.