en_tn_condensed/psa/023/001.md

General Information:

In much of this psalm, David writes as if he were a sheep and the Lord were his shepherd. Parallelism is common in Hebrew poetry. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism and rc://en/ta/man/jit/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/jit/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/jit/figs-litotes)