Take a breath.

What does God have to say?

A Psalm of David.

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows (Psalm 23:5).

A Psalm of David.

The Lord is my shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures; he leads me beside still waters; he restores my soul.[b] He leads me in right paths for his name’s sake (Psalm 23:1-3. NRSV).

We invite you to pause and reflect in a Selah moment as we consider the twenty-third Psalm. 

Most would agree that the 23rd Psalm is the most widely known portion of the Bible. Its use is strongly associated with funerals. J. Clinton McCann, in his commentary in the New Interpreters Bible, writes, “To be sure it is appropriate