Wednesday, September 18, 2019
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Psalm 23 can be regarded as a psalm of high praise of God. It is one of the shortest psalms out of the four , but it gets its point across very directly and clearly. It makes use of the extended metaphor which is a metaphor that develops at length and includes several points of comparison. This psalm also uses the idea of parallelism that gives an idea in the first lines and keeps on repeating and elaborating in the later lines.      Psalm 23 gives the comparison of God being a shepherd. This means that God protects and guides people like a real shepherd would do with sheep. The line that says , â€Å" He maketh me to lie down to green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters†(Verse 2). That line serves to be an example of how God looks out for his creation or in other word his people. This starts off the extended metaphor and ends in the last line with the author mentioning how he will dwell in the house of the Lord forever which would be heaven.      The tone of this psalm is a dominant one that God will take of everything if the person follows God. The author says that God will bless him                                         ROY 2 with oil. In verse 4 the author says, â€Å" Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death , I will fear no evil : for thou art with me ; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me†. The author gives a small problem or crisis in the first part of the verse and then resolves it in the last part of the verse. He says that one day he will have to die , but he has no fear because he knows God’s power will be there for him and to comfort him. Verse 4 can also be mentioned as the theme of the psalm. The theme is that God will always be there for you which includes in times of good and bad and you should have no fear for he is your shepherd. Psalm 23 has earned a reputation of being a psalm that people recite
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