The personal name for God, Yahweh, is a term rooted in the Hebrew verb "to be," haya, and this name tells us two essential things about God's character: He is, and he is present. To better capture what this divine name means here, we could translate it literally "He Who is Here." Thus, the first clause says literally, "He Who is Here is my shepherd." This God is not elsewhere and otherwise engaged in bigger things. This Lord who is here, he is my shepherd.
Dorman Followwill, Discovery Papers, Psalm 23, Catalog No. 7120
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