² and he who is entering through the door is shepherd of the sheep;

³ to this one the doorkeeper doth open, and the sheep hear his voice, and his own sheep he doth call by name, and doth lead them forth;

⁴ and when his own sheep he may put forth, before them he goeth on, and the sheep follow him, because they have known his voice;

⁵ and a stranger they will not follow, but will flee from him, because they have not known the voice of strangers.'

¹ A Psalm of David. Jehovah `is' my shepherd, I do not lack,

¹ A Psalm of David. Jehovah `is' my shepherd, I do not lack,

² In pastures of tender grass He causeth me to lie down, By quiet waters He doth lead me.

³ My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,

⁴ Also -- when I walk in a valley of death-shade, I fear no evil, for Thou `art' with me, Thy rod and Thy staff -- they comfort me.

⁹ Save Thy people, and bless Thine inheritance, And feed them, and carry them to the age!

²⁵ for ye were as sheep going astray, but ye turned back now to the shepherd and overseer of your souls.

¹⁴ `I am the good shepherd, and I know my `sheep', and am known by mine,

¹⁵ according as the Father doth know me, and I know the Father, and my life I lay down for the sheep,

¹⁶ and other sheep I have that are not of this fold, these also it behoveth me to bring, and my voice they will hear, and there shall become one flock -- one shepherd.

¹⁷ `Because of this doth the Father love me, because I lay down my life, that again I may take it;

¹⁰ Lo, the Lord Jehovah with strength cometh, And His arm is ruling for Him, Lo, His hire `is' with Him, and His wage before Him.

¹¹ As a shepherd His flock He feedeth, With His arm He gathereth lambs, And in His bosom He carrieth `them': Suckling ones He leadeth.

¹² Who hath measured in the hollow of his hand the waters? And the heavens by a span hath meted out, And comprehended in a measure the dust of the earth, And hath weighed in scales the mountains, And the hills in a balance?

¹¹ `I am the good shepherd; the good shepherd his life layeth down for the sheep;

⁴ and at the manifestation of the chief Shepherd, ye shall receive the unfading crown of glory.