Psalms 23:4
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“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.”
שֵׁבֶט
The shepherd's rod was not for the sheep — it was for predators. The staff was for guiding and steadying the sheep on narrow paths. David walks through the valley of the shadow of death and takes comfort not in the absence of danger, but in the presence of the shepherd's tools. God is equipped for what lies ahead of you.
רַע
harm
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רַע
Evil, wicked, bad. Ra. The LORD will keep you from all evil. Not just some evil or most evil. All evil. His protection matches His power.
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יָרֵא
I will fear
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יָרֵא
To fear, to revere, to be in awe of. Yare. The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom. Not terror but holy awe of who He truly is.
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גַּם
also
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גַּם
properly, assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, though; often repeated as correl. both...and
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נָחַם
they comfort/ me
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נָחַם
To comfort, to console. Nacham. God's comfort is not distant advice but personal presence in the pain.
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צִיר
Valley
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צִיר
a form (of beauty; as if pressed out, i.e. carved); hence, an (idolatrous) image
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הָלַךְ
I will go
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הָלַךְ
to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)
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צַלְמָוֶת
Shadow of death
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צַלְמָוֶת
shade of death, i.e. the grave (figuratively, calamity)
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עִמָּד
are with/ me
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עִמָּד
along with
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