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Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 19: Psalms 1–50 is unavailable, but you can change that!

Volume 19 in the acclaimed Word Biblical Commentary series. The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and balanced insight into the meanings of...

as shepherd to the Lord as host. But several scholars have argued that the shepherd metaphor is retained throughout the psalm (so Koehler, ZAW 68 [1956] 227–34). Yet another possibility is that vv 5–6 do not contain metaphorical language at all, but should be interpreted more literally with respect to a sacrificial banquet, which provides the setting for the psalm (see Vogt, art. cit.). The problems pertaining to form and structure naturally culminate in a variety of views with respect to the setting
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