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Psalms 23:1

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

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Psalms 23:1. The LORD is my shepherd;

All true rest begins with Jesus, as all the comfort of the sheep is provided for their by their shepherd.

"The Lord is my shepherd." Is it so? Canst thou look up, poor defenseless sheep, and say, "The Lord is my shepherd"? Then comes the blessed inference: -

Psalms 23:1. I shall not want.

I do not want, I cannot want; I never shall want with such a Shepherd as I have. He will provide for me; nay, more, God himself is my provision. All I need I have, for "The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want." I cannot provide for myself, but I shall not want. Famine may come, and others who have no God to go to, may pine and perish, but in the worst season I shall not want, for "The Lord is my shepherd."

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