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“The Lord is my shepherd”: from a set of slides of shepherd life illustrating the Twenty-third Psalm. American Colony Photo Department, Library of Congress. Public domain.
Psalm 23:1–3 · KJV
The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
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