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The "rod and staff" (verse 4) are also the implements of a shepherd. Some commentators see the shepherd imagery pervading the entire psalm. It is known that the shepherd is to know each sheep by name, [ citation needed ] thus when God is given the analogy of a shepherd, he is not only a protector but also the caretaker.
"The Lord's My Shepherd" is a Christian hymn. It is a metrical psalm commonly attributed to the English Puritan Francis Rous and based on the text of Psalm 23 in the Bible. The hymn first appeared in the Scots Metrical Psalter in 1650 traced to a parish in Aberdeenshire. [1]
Victor T. Houteff, c. 1950. The Shepherd's Rod or Davidian Seventh-day Adventists is a movement within Seventh-day Adventism.It was founded in 1929 by Victor Houteff.He joined the Seventh-day Adventist Church in 1919 and was later excommunicated from the church in 1930 for promoting "heretical" doctrines that he claimed were new revelations from God to further Adventist theology.
The 23rd psalm, in which this phrase appears, uses the image of God as a shepherd and the believer as a sheep well cared-for. Julian Morgenstern has suggested that the word translated as "cup" could contain a double meaning: both a "cup" in the normal sense of the word, and a shallow trough from which one would give water to a sheep. [4]
1 The LORD is my shepherd, I lack nothing. 2 He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, 3 he refreshes my soul. He guides me along the right paths for his name’s sake. 4 Even though I walk through the darkest valley, I will fear no evil, for you are with me; your rod and your staff,
James Tissot, The Rod of Aaron Devours the Other Rods. In Israelite culture, the rod (Hebrew: מַטֶּה maṭṭeh) was a natural symbol of authority, [1] as the tool used by the shepherd to correct and guide his flock. [2] Moses, in fact, initially carried his rod while tending his sheep, [3] and later it became his symbol of authority over ...
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The main theme of Psalm 23 is to represent God as a Shepherd there to guide mankind as a shepherd guides his sheep. Sidney also mentions being led up a "righteous path"[1]. [21] This creates a theme of faith and dutiful worship to God, almost as a show of gratitude for keeping his "sheep" safe.