He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters. (v. 2) In the opening statement of Psalm 23, David acknowledged what God was for him: that the Lord was his Shepherd. Every believer is able to make this psalm his or her own, and to make this great confession of faith: that the Lord Jesus Christ is our Shepherd. But as we come to verse 2, we notice a subtle change. Now David is not just talking about what God is for him, but about what God does for him. The statement of faith
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