The Lord Is My Shepherd is an 1863 oil-on-wood painting by American artist Eastman Johnson.

and is on display at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, in Washington, D.C.[1] The title of the painting comes from Psalm 23, which begins with the line: "The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want."

Its imagery includes an African-American man reading the first part of a Bible, possibly the Book of Exodus.

He is sitting against a blue jacket, which may indicate service in the Union army.

President Abraham Lincoln had recently authorized organization of the United States Colored Troops.