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

Peter Craigie demonstrates that the biblical psalms express “the most profound of human feelings and insights—prayer, praise, liturgy, wisdom and lament.” Through careful analysis of language, form, and historical setting, he communicates both the emotional and theological impact of the psalms as originally experienced by the people of Israel at public worship and in private devotions. Professor...

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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