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Throughout the centuries, the Psalms have held a beloved place in Judaism and Christianity, and in the lives of individual believers. They express in profound ways the thoughts and emotions of the soul, from the highest experiences of joy and praise to the lowest valleys of lament. C. Hassell Bullock has been deeply shaped by the Psalms, and this commentary is born out of a lifetime of loving...

for you are with me; your rod and your staff, they comfort me. The conjunction and pronoun “for you” begins the sentence to emphasize the Lord’s presence. The rod was used as a weapon, and the staff for support. Here they stand at the beginning of the clause as a casus pendens (a pending case): “as for your rod and staff, they comfort me.” 23:5 You prepare a table … You anoint my head with oil. Form critics understand the word “table” to suggest a liturgical feast at which some victory was celebrated.
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