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Psalms 23:4 — King James Version← Study notes

Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.


Psalms 23:4Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 23:415 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֤םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
כִּֽיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אֵלֵ֨ךְʾēlēkə
awayverbH3212
again · bear · bring · carry ···
בְּ/גֵ֪יאbəgēyʾ
in a valley ofpronH1516
צַלְמָ֡וֶתṣaləmāwet
deep darknessnounH6757
לֹאlōʾ
notparticleH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
אִ֘ירָ֤אʾiyrāʾ
I will fearverbH3372
be afraid · dread · fear(-ful · -fully ···
רָ֗עrāʿ
harmadjH7451
affliction · bad · calamity · displease ···
כִּיkiy
forconjH3588
+ (forasmuch · inasmuch · where-) as · assured ···
אַתָּ֥הʾatāh
youprepH859
thou · ye · you
עִמָּדִ֑/יʿimādiy
are with mepronH5978
by · from · me · mine ···
שִׁבְטְ/ךָ֥šibəṭəkā
rod yournounH7626
correction · rod · sceptre · staff ···
וּ֝/מִשְׁעַנְתֶּ֗/ךָwmišəʿanətekā
and staff yourconjH4938
הֵ֣מָּהhēmāh
theyprepH1992
like · (how · so) many (soever · more as) they ···
יְנַֽחֲמֻֽ/נִיyənaḥămuniy
they comfort meverbH5162
ease · repent(-er · -ing · self)
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 23:4

A psalm of David himself. 1. The Church speaks to Christ: “The Lord feeds me, and I shall lack nothing” Psalm 22:1. The Lord Jesus Christ is my Shepherd, “and I shall lack nothing.” 2. “In a place of pasture there has He placed me” Psalm 22:2. In a place of fresh pasture, leading me to faith, there has He placed me to be nourished. “By the water of refreshing has He brought me up.” By the water of baptism, whereby they are refreshed who have lost health and strength, has He…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 23
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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The Valley of the Shadow of Death
The most famous line in the most famous psalm. You walk through the valley of the shadow of death, but you don't walk alone. That's the promise. Not that you won't go through dark places, but that God...
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