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Psalm 23 (?)

okeydokey

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I wanted a messianic judiastic(?) take on the first line of Psalm 23(?).

Some versions of the bible have :

The lord is my shepard I shall not want.

Some have :
The lord is my shepard I will lack for nothing.



I often think about this line. Is the first one more correct and related to the same shall not of the ten commandments so that the interpretation becomes I shall not wish for things or want because it is a slight upon God who provides all. Or is it like the second - I will get all I need. I.E. is it more of a command or a comfort.

What do you think?
 

SonWorshipper

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1 A Psalm of David. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.


מִזְמוֹר לְדָוִד: יְהוָה רֹעִי, לֹא אֶחְסָר.



Contrast that with


Exodus 20:3 Thou shalt not make unto thee a graven image, nor any manner of likeness, of any thing that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth;


לֹא-תַעֲשֶׂה לְךָ פֶסֶל, וְכָל-תְּמוּנָה, אֲשֶׁר בַּשָּׁמַיִם מִמַּעַל, וַאֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ מִתָּחַת--וַאֲשֶׁר בַּמַּיִם, מִתַּחַת לָאָרֶץ
 
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