This psalm is asserted in the title to have been composed by David,
and there is nothing in its contents contrary to this supposition, as
there is nothing in it that would lead us necessarily to ascri...
The grateful praise of Jehovah (i) as the Good Shepherd who tends
(Psalms 23:1), and guides (Psalms 23:3) the Psalmist, providing for
every want, and protecting him in every danger: (ii) as the bounti...
XXIII.
Under two images equally familiar in Hebrew poetry — that of the
shepherd watching over his flock, and of the banquet where Jehovah
presides over the just — this psalm expresses the tranquility...
INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 23
A PSALM OF DAVID. Thus psalm was written by David, either when he was
in distressed circumstances, being persecuted by Saul, and was in the
forest of Hareth, 1 Samuel 22:5; a...
_A.M. 2944. B.C. 1060._
We may infer from the matter of this Psalm, that it was composed
after, and probably soon after, David was delivered out of his
distresses, and quietly settled in his kingdom....
Here we have one of the most beautiful of Psalms, described as ‘A
Psalm to David', and its very content points to David as its author.
It likens YHWH to a shepherd Who watches over His sheep. None kne...