Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd)
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Psalm 23 ("The Lord Is My Shepherd") is one of the most famous and frequently recited psalms in the Bible, expressing trust in God's guidance, provision, and protection.
All labels observed (3)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Psalm 23 | 3 |
| Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd) canonical | 1 |
| The Lord is my shepherd | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T1678228 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd) Context triple: [The Vicar of Dibley, openingTheme, Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd)]
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A.
Psalm 80
Psalm 80 is a biblical lament psalm pleading for God’s restoration and favor upon Israel, traditionally associated with the psalmist Asaph.
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B.
Psalm 103 (Bless the Lord, O my soul)
Psalm 103 ("Bless the Lord, O my soul") is a biblical hymn of praise and thanksgiving that extols God's mercy, compassion, and care for creation, widely used in Jewish and Christian liturgical worship.
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C.
Psalm 84
Psalm 84 is a biblical hymn in the Book of Psalms that expresses deep longing for God’s presence and the joy of dwelling in His house.
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D.
Psalm 85
Psalm 85 is a biblical song of communal lament and hope that pleads for God’s restoration and forgiveness while expressing confidence in His steadfast love and faithfulness.
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E.
Psalm 42
Psalm 42 is a biblical psalm that poignantly expresses deep spiritual longing for God amid distress, famously opening with the image of a deer panting for streams of water.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd)
Target entity description: Psalm 23 ("The Lord Is My Shepherd") is one of the most famous and frequently recited psalms in the Bible, expressing trust in God's guidance, provision, and protection.
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A.
Psalm 80
Psalm 80 is a biblical lament psalm pleading for God’s restoration and favor upon Israel, traditionally associated with the psalmist Asaph.
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B.
Psalm 103 (Bless the Lord, O my soul)
Psalm 103 ("Bless the Lord, O my soul") is a biblical hymn of praise and thanksgiving that extols God's mercy, compassion, and care for creation, widely used in Jewish and Christian liturgical worship.
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C.
Psalm 84
Psalm 84 is a biblical hymn in the Book of Psalms that expresses deep longing for God’s presence and the joy of dwelling in His house.
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D.
Psalm 85
Psalm 85 is a biblical song of communal lament and hope that pleads for God’s restoration and forgiveness while expressing confidence in His steadfast love and faithfulness.
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E.
Psalm 42
Psalm 42 is a biblical psalm that poignantly expresses deep spiritual longing for God amid distress, famously opening with the image of a deer panting for streams of water.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
biblical psalm
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poetic text ⓘ religious text ⓘ |
| canonicalNumbering |
The 23rd Psalm
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surface form:
Psalm 23 (Hebrew and most Christian traditions)
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| genre |
hymn of trust
ⓘ
poetry ⓘ psalm ⓘ |
| influenceOnCulture |
Christian hymnody
ⓘ
Jewish liturgical poetry ⓘ Western literature ⓘ sacred music ⓘ |
| keyImage |
anointed head with oil
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green pastures ⓘ house of the Lord ⓘ overflowing cup ⓘ paths of righteousness ⓘ prepared table ⓘ rod and staff ⓘ still waters ⓘ valley of the shadow of death ⓘ |
| language | Hebrew ⓘ |
| liturgicalUse |
Christian liturgy
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surface form:
Christian worship
Jewish worship ⓘ funeral services ⓘ memorial services ⓘ services of comfort ⓘ |
| locatedInText | Bible ⓘ |
| metaphor |
God as host
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God as shepherd ⓘ believer as sheep ⓘ life as a journey ⓘ |
| openingLineEnglish | The Lord is my shepherd ⓘ |
| partOf |
Psalms
ⓘ
surface form:
Book of Psalms
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form:
Hebrew Bible
Bible ⓘ
surface form:
Old Testament
|
| positionInBook | 23 ⓘ |
| religiousTradition |
Christianity
ⓘ
Judaism ⓘ |
| theme |
God as shepherd
ⓘ
comfort in suffering ⓘ divine guidance ⓘ divine protection ⓘ divine provision ⓘ hope of dwelling with God ⓘ trust in God ⓘ |
| traditionalAttribution | King David ⓘ |
| widelyKnownFor |
expression of trust in God
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frequent recitation ⓘ words of comfort ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Psalm 23 (The Lord Is My Shepherd)
Description of subject: Psalm 23 ("The Lord Is My Shepherd") is one of the most famous and frequently recited psalms in the Bible, expressing trust in God's guidance, provision, and protection.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Psalm 23
this entity surface form:
Psalm 23
this entity surface form:
The Lord is my shepherd
subject surface form:
Requiem (Howells)
this entity surface form:
Psalm 23