We are studying this psalm in my sundayschool class in comparison with Phillip Kellers book "A Shepherds look at Psalms 23", and also comparing it with the book of John, where Jesus said "I am the Good Shepherd...",
God refers to us as Sheep, who will not rest untill our needs have been met, and we should feel protected when reading this Psalm, because as a shepherd protects his sheep, Christ does so for us, we are hie sheep, he is our shepherd, and he is the way (which in those days was a path through a neighbors garden to take your flock through, to get to another pasture).
Sheep had to be moved to green pastures(23:2): as they eat down to the roots when grazing, so He moves us to a fresh pasture, (23:2) He leads us besides Still waters; sheep will not drink from moving waters, the are ferfull of them , anmd in Davids day the shepherd would have to dig a ditch to water the sheep, keep it clean by closing it off and digging a new one.
23:4; He restoreth my soul......" he revives us when we are weary, just as David did when he was a Shepherd, as shhep would lie down in a rutt that was contoured to their body, and end up on their backs losing circulation on their legs ( becoming "downcast"), and need to have their legs revived, and led in the right path of safety as God/Christ leads us.
23:4 God protects us us through dark and troublesome times and is always prepared to do so, In Davids time there were valleys leading through the hills, called the Shefeleh, some had robbers dens, wild predators dens, etc, that lay between the city and coast where Palestine was, and the sheep would look at the shepherd and his weapons, the rod and staff and sling, and know they were protected as they had seen their shepherd protect them before, likewise, Christ protects us, for he neither sleeps nor slumbers.
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God refers to us as Sheep, who will not rest untill our needs have been met, and we should feel protected when reading this Psalm, because as a shepherd protects his sheep, Christ does so for us, we are hie sheep, he is our shepherd, and he is the way (which in those days was a path through a neighbors garden to take your flock through, to get to another pasture).
Sheep had to be moved to green pastures(23:2): as they eat down to the roots when grazing, so He moves us to a fresh pasture, (23:2) He leads us besides Still waters; sheep will not drink from moving waters, the are ferfull of them , anmd in Davids day the shepherd would have to dig a ditch to water the sheep, keep it clean by closing it off and digging a new one.
23:4; He restoreth my soul......" he revives us when we are weary, just as David did when he was a Shepherd, as shhep would lie down in a rutt that was contoured to their body, and end up on their backs losing circulation on their legs ( becoming "downcast"), and need to have their legs revived, and led in the right path of safety as God/Christ leads us.
23:4 God protects us us through dark and troublesome times and is always prepared to do so, In Davids time there were valleys leading through the hills, called the Shefeleh, some had robbers dens, wild predators dens, etc, that lay between the city and coast where Palestine was, and the sheep would look at the shepherd and his weapons, the rod and staff and sling, and know they were protected as they had seen their shepherd protect them before, likewise, Christ protects us, for he neither sleeps nor slumbers.
As, I learn ore I will comment more later.
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