Psalm 23:1 · Salmo 23:1
Jehová es mi pastor; nada me faltará.The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.
Word by word
- Jehová
- the LORD
- es
- is
- mi
- my
- pastor
- shepherd
- nada me faltará
- I shall not want (literally: nothing will lack to me)
Psalm 23 in Spanish (Salmo 23)
The Shepherd's Psalm is the most loved passage in the Spanish Bible, just as it is in English. Spanish-speaking churches have prayed it from the Reina-Valera for over four hundred years.
Here is the whole psalm, verse by verse: the Spanish first, the English underneath, and a real voice reading each verse aloud, with a slow version for learning.
Psalm 23:2 · Salmo 23:2
En lugares de delicados pastos me hará yacer: junto a aguas de reposo me pastoreará.He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside quiet waters.
Word by word
- En lugares
- in places
- de delicados pastos
- of tender pastures (the Berean’s "green pastures")
- me hará yacer
- He makes me lie down
- junto a
- beside
- aguas de reposo
- waters of rest (the Berean’s "quiet waters")
- me pastoreará
- He will shepherd me ("pastorear" is to shepherd; the English says "leads me")
Psalm 23:3 · Salmo 23:3
Confortará mi alma; guiaráme por sendas de justicia por amor de su nombre.He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Word by word
- Confortará
- He will restore (literally "will comfort"; the English says "restores")
- mi alma
- my soul
- guiaráme
- He will guide me (an older joined form: "guiará" + "me")
- por sendas
- along paths
- de justicia
- of righteousness
- por amor de su nombre
- for the sake of His name
Psalm 23:4 · Salmo 23:4
Aunque ande en valle de sombra de muerte, no temeré mal alguno; porque tú estarás conmigo.Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.
Word by word
- Aunque ande
- though I walk
- en valle
- through the valley
- de sombra de muerte
- of the shadow of death
- no temeré
- I will not fear
- mal alguno
- any evil
- porque tú
- for You
- estarás conmigo
- will be with me
Psalm 23:5 · Salmo 23:5
Aderezarás mesa delante de mí, en presencia de mis angustiadores.You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies.
Word by word
- Aderezarás
- You will prepare ("aderezar," an older word for to set or prepare)
- mesa
- a table
- delante de mí
- before me
- en presencia
- in the presence
- de mis angustiadores
- of my enemies (literally "those who distress me")
Psalm 23:6 · Salmo 23:6
El bien y la misericordia me seguirán todos los días de mi vida.Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life.
Word by word
- El bien
- goodness
- y la misericordia
- and mercy
- me seguirán
- will follow me
- todos los días
- all the days
- de mi vida
- of my life
How to pronounce it
- Jehová: heh-oh-VAH. The J sounds like an English H, and the stress lands on the last syllable.
- pastor: pahs-TOR. Same word as English "pastor", but here it means shepherd.
- faltará: fahl-tah-RAH. Double-tap the r if you can; if not, a soft d sound (as in "ladder") is close.
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How do you say "The Lord is my shepherd" in Spanish?+
"Jehová es mi pastor; nada me faltará" is how the Reina-Valera Bible renders "The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want." Word by word: Jehová (the LORD) es (is) mi pastor (my shepherd), nada me faltará (nothing will be lacking to me).
Which Spanish translation is this?+
The Reina-Valera, the Bible Spanish-speaking churches have read since 1602, modernized to Latin American Spanish. It is the Spanish counterpart of the King James Version.