²⁵ Because, like sheep, you had gone out of the way; but now you have come back to him who keeps watch over your souls.

⁶ And my sheep went out of the way, wandering through all the mountains and on every high hill: my sheep went here and there over all the face of the earth; and no one was troubled about them or went in search of them.

⁶ We all went wandering like sheep; going every one of us after his desire; and the Lord put on him the punishment of us all.

⁴ What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if one of them gets loose and goes away, will not let the ninety-nine be in the waste land by themselves, and go after the wandering one, till he sees where it is?

⁵ And when he has got it again, he takes it in his arms with joy.

⁶ And when he gets back to his house, he sends for his neighbours and friends, saying to them, Be glad with me, for I have got back my sheep which had gone away.

¹¹ He will give food to his flock like a keeper of sheep; with his arm he will get it together, and will take up the lambs on his breast, gently guiding those which are with young.

¹² What would you say now? if a man has a hundred sheep, and one of them has gone wandering away, will he not let the ninety-nine be, and go to the mountains in search of the wandering one?

¹¹ I am the good keeper of sheep: the good keeper gives his life for the sheep.

¹² He who is a servant, and not the keeper or the owner of the sheep, sees the wolf coming and goes in flight, away from the sheep; and the wolf comes down on them and sends them in all directions:

¹³ Because he is a servant he has no interest in the sheep.

¹⁴ I am the good keeper; I have knowledge of my sheep, and they have knowledge of me,

¹⁵ Even as the Father has knowledge of me and I of the Father; and I am giving my life for the sheep.

¹⁶ And I have other sheep which are not of this field: I will be their guide in the same way, and they will give ear to my voice, so there will be one flock and one keeper.

²⁸ Give attention to yourselves, and to all the flock which the Holy Spirit has given into your care, to give food to the church of God, for which he gave his blood.

¹ For this reason, holy brothers, marked out to have a part in heaven, give thought to Jesus the representative and high priest of our faith;

⁴ And at the coming of the chief Keeper of the sheep, you will be given the eternal crown of glory.

³⁶ But when he saw all the people he was moved with pity for them, because they were troubled and wandering like sheep without a keeper.

¹⁷⁶ I have gone out of the way like a wandering sheep; make search for your servant; for I keep your teachings ever in mind.

¹ <A Psalm. Of David.> The Lord takes care of me as his sheep; I will not be without any good thing.

² He makes a resting-place for me in the green fields: he is my guide by the quiet waters.

³ He gives new life to my soul: he is my guide in the ways of righteousness because of his name.

² So this is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said against the keepers who have the care of my people: You have let my flock be broken up, driving them away and not caring for them; see, I will send on you the punishment for the evil of your doings, says the Lord.

¹¹ For this is what the Lord has said: Truly, I, even I, will go searching and looking for my sheep.

¹² As the keeper goes looking for his flock when he is among his wandering sheep, so I will go looking for my sheep, and will get them safely out of all the places where they have been sent wandering in the day of clouds and black night.

¹³ And I will take them out from among the peoples, and get them together from the countries, and will take them into their land; and I will give them food on the mountains of Israel by the water-streams and wherever men are living in the country.

¹⁴ I will give them good grass-land for their food, and their safe place will be the mountains of the high place of Israel: there they will take their rest in a good place, and on fat grass-land they will take their food on the mountains of Israel.

¹⁵ I myself will give food to my flock, and I will give them rest, says the Lord.

¹⁶ I will go in search of that which had gone wandering from the way, and will get back that which had been sent in flight, and will put bands on that which was broken, and give strength to that which was ill: but the fat and the strong I will give up to destruction; I will give them for their food the punishment which is theirs by right.

²³ And I will put over them one keeper, and he will give them food, even my servant David; he will give them food and be their keeper.

²⁴ And I the Lord will be their God and my servant David their ruler; I the Lord have said it.

²⁴ And my servant David will be king over them; and they will all have one keeper: and they will be guided by my orders and will keep my rules and do them.

²⁰ Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,

⁷ Awake! O sword, against the keeper of my flock, and against him who is with me, says the Lord of armies: put to death the keeper of the sheep, and the sheep will go in flight: and my hand will be turned against the little ones.

⁷ Say, O love of my soul, where you give food to your flock, and where you make them take their rest in the heat of the day; why have I to be as one wandering by the flocks of your friends?

⁸ If you have not knowledge, O most beautiful among women, go on your way in the footsteps of the flock, and give your young goats food by the tents of the keepers.

¹ <To the chief music-maker; put to Shoshannim-eduth. Of Asaph. A Psalm.> Give ear, O Keeper of Israel, guiding Joseph like a flock; you who have your seat on the winged ones, let your glory be seen.