YHVH Ro'i — The LORD My Shepherd
יְהוָה רֹעִי
'YHVH is my shepherd; I shall not want' — the most beloved sentence in the Psalter.
A king who had been a shepherd names God with his old job. Ezekiel 34 promises God will shepherd personally; the Gospel of John presents Yeshua saying I AM that shepherd. Jewish and Christian deathbeds alike have been companied by this one verse.
First occurrence
Ps 23:1 — David's shepherd psalm
Key passages
Gen 48:15 — Jacob: 'the God who has shepherded me all my life long'
Isa 40:11 — 'He will feed His flock like a shepherd'
Ezek 34:15 — 'I Myself will shepherd My sheep'
John 10:11 — 'I am the Good Shepherd'
In the Greek Scriptures
Κύριος ποιμαίνει με (LXX)