The Lord is My Shepherd (Eastman Johnson) The Lord is My Shepherd (Eastman Johnson) The Lord is My Shepherd is an 1863 oil on wood painting by American artist Eastman Johnson. The painting measures 16 5/8 x 13 1/8 in. (42.3 x 33.2 cm.) and is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum. The title of the painting comes from Psalm 23, which begins with the line: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want." Johnson painted it just after the Emancipation Proclamation was announced in 1863. Its imagery includes an African-American man reading the first part of a Bible, possibly the Book of Exodus.
Psalm 14 Lord will bring the ones who call on his name and are his believers to safety. Safety, away from the dominion of sin in the earth. Psalm 14 Psalm 14 is the 14th psalm from the Book of Psalms. Attributed to David, it is a prophetical reference to the destruction of the First Temple. With minor differences, it is nearly identical in content with Psalm 53. It or Psalm 53 is quoted in the Epistle to the Romans. Hermann Gunkel dates the psalm to the exile period. Many authors have commented on the psalms. Including: David is telling the audience