Psalm 23 ("The Lord is My Shepherd") Resources

A conversation between a Jewish poet and a Christian poet, with the provocative title above.

The King James Version of all the psalms, all in one place.

Yes, different faiths can have different English translations. Check out the Jewish perspective.

The information here is super-detailed and should be of interest to Catholics and non-Catholics alike.

And now, the all-important lolcat translation of Psalm 23: "I iz in teh valli of dogz, fearin no pooch."

Beautiful music, and the kids in the video are almost unbearably cute.

Fan of the TV show <em>Lost</em>? Well, maybe you remember hearing Psalm 23 on this episode.

The great German composer Franz Schubert wrote music to accompany the song.

A drawing of King David, the author of Psalm 23 according to tradition, with his instrument.

A photo of psalms written on one of the Dead Sea Scrolls. Cool!

A copy of the original 1611 King James Version of Psalm 23.

A Christian theologian writes an introduction to – you guessed it – the psalms. Downloadable!

The contemporary poet Robert Alter approaches the psalms as poetry and offers a radically different (as far as these things go) translation of Psalm 23.