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General Information:
Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism) In much of this psalm, David writes as if he were a sheep and the Lord were his shepherd. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-exmetaphor)
Yahweh is my shepherd
The writer speaks about Yahweh as if he were a shepherd. This emphasizes how God cares for people as a shepherd cares for his sheep. Alternate translation: "Yahweh is like a shepherd to me" or "Yahweh cares for me as a shepherd cares for his sheep" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
I will lack nothing
This can be stated in positive form. Alternate translation: "I have everything that I need" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes)