The Passion of Christ in Psalm 23

Even
though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
I
will fear no evil,
for
you are with me;
your
rod and your staff,
they
comfort me.

You
prepare a table before me
in
the presence of my enemies;

And on the first day of
Unleavened Bread, when they sacrificed the Passover lamb, his disciples said to
him, “Where will you have us go and prepare for you to eat the Passover?” And
he sent two of his disciples and said to them, “Go into the city, and a man
carrying a jar of water will meet you. Follow him, and wherever he enters, say
to the master of the house, ‘The Teacher says, Where is my guest room, where I
may eat the Passover with my disciples?’ And he will show you a large upper
room furnished and ready; there prepare for us.” And the disciples set out and
went to the city and found it just as he had told them, and they prepared the
Passover.

And when it was evening, he came
with the twelve. And as they were reclining at table and eating, Jesus said,
“Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.”
They began to be sorrowful and to say to him one after another, “Is it I?” He
said to them, “It is one of the twelve, one who is dipping bread into the dish
with me. For the Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man
by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if
he had not been born.”[1]

you
anoint my head with oil;

And while he was at Bethany in
the house of Simon the leper, as he was reclining at table, a woman came with
an alabaster flask of ointment of pure nard, very costly, and she broke the
flask and poured it over his head. There were some who said to themselves
indignantly, “Why was the ointment wasted like that? For this ointment could
have been sold for more than three hundred denarii and given to the poor.” And
they scolded her. But Jesus said, “Leave her alone. Why do you trouble her? She
has done a beautiful thing to me. For you always have the poor with you, and
whenever you want, you can do good for them. But you will not always have me.
She has done what she could; she has anointed my body beforehand for burial.
And truly, I say to you, wherever the gospel is proclaimed in the whole world,
what she has done will be told in memory of her.”[2]

my
cup overflows.

And as they were eating, he took
bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to them, and said, “Take;
this is my body.” And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to
them, and they all drank of it. And he said to them, “This is my blood of the
covenant, which is poured out for many. Truly, I say to you, I will not drink
again of the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the
kingdom of God.”[3]

Surely
goodness and mercy shall follow me
all
the days of my life,

But when the goodness and loving
kindness of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of works done by
us in righteousness, but according to his own mercy, by the washing of
regeneration and renewal of the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us richly
through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that being justified by his grace we might
become heirs according to the hope of eternal life.[4]

and
I shall dwell in the house of the Lord
forever.

“In my Father’s house are many
rooms. If it were not so, would I have told you that I go to prepare a place
for you? And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and will
take you to myself, that where I am you may be also.”[5]

[1] Mark 14:12-21

[2] Mark 14:3-9

[3] Mark 14:22-25

[4] Titus 3:4-7

[5] John 14:2-3

All Scripture quotations from the English Standard Version.