drawing on the royal imagery of the king as shepherd (Ezek 34), God is portrayed as my shepherd and the shepherd of God’s people Israel (Pss 28:9; 80:1; Jer 23:3; Ezek 34:15). The LORD Is My Shepherd, 23:1–4 The LORD Is My Gracious Host, 23:5–6 The power of this psalm lies in its simplicity. Yet a wealth of oriental imagery gives rise to a variety of interpretations. Hebrew thought was intuitive and immediate rather than philosophical. Metaphors
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