Yahweh is my shepherd: I shall lack nothing.
⛓ Read Psalm 23 forward — the whole chapter and its afterlife →Where this passage surfaces again, sorted by the strength of the link. Each kind of reuse — formal quotation, deliberate allusion, faint echo, figural pattern — carries its own mark. Follow any reference to read it in place.
Allusion1
A deliberate verbal borrowing without a citation formula.
'The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want' underwrites Paul's 'My God will supply every need of yours,' the assurance that God provides so the faithful lack nothing. Coherence with the divine-provision theme is strong; volume is moderate since Paul echoes the concept of no-lack rather than the shepherd image.
Medium confidenceEcho2
A fainter, low-volume reuse, carried by recurrence or thematic coherence.
The Lord-as-shepherd image and the flock's care undergird the 'chief Shepherd' designation; the underlying Davidic shepherd theology resonates even if not verbally borrowed.
Medium confidence"the Shepherd... of your souls" (2:25) faintly recalls the Lord-as-shepherd of Psalm 23:1; a thematic resonance of God's pastoral care behind the title applied to Christ.
Low confidence