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Psalm 23 is traditionally sung during the third Shabbat meal [14] [15] as well as before the first and second, and in some of Jewish communities during the Kiddush. It is also commonly recited in the presence of a deceased person, such as by those keeping watch over the body before burial, and at the funeral service itself.
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]
I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand, and not a shepherd, who doesn't own the sheep, sees the wolf coming, leaves the sheep, and flees. The wolf snatches the sheep, and scatters them. The hired hand flees because he is a hired hand, and doesn't care for the sheep. I am the good shepherd.
Psalm 23 depicts God as a shepherd of mankind, [5] and the capitalization of the word 'Shepherd' in the first and last lines furthers the idea that the Shepherd is a symbol of God. [5] In the bible, a shepherd's presence is representative of guidance. [ 6 ]
Sidney's Psalm 23 arises out of a psalm originally written by King David. According to Tom Wacaster, "While most commentators believe that it was written in David's youth, while he was tending sheep for his father, it might just as well have been written at a later age, when he had experienced the hardships in life and God's guidance through ...
Shepherds travelling in Chambal, India Shepherd with grazing sheep in Făgăraș Mountains, Romania A shepherd is a person who tends, herds, feeds, or guards flocks of sheep . Shepherding is one of the world's oldest occupations; it exists in many parts of the globe, and it is an important part of pastoralist animal husbandry .
(Genesis 22:7-8). However, it was a Ram (not a Lamb) that was ultimately sacrificed in Isaac's place, and the Ram was caught in a thicket (i.e. thornbush). (Genesis 22:13). The lamb metaphor is also in line with Psalm 23, which depicts God as a shepherd leading his flock (mankind). The Lamb of God title is widely used in Christian prayers.
Quail (שְׂלָו śəlāw)— The description given Exodus 16:11–13; Numbers 11:31, 32; Psalm 78:27–35 (Vulgate: Psalm 77), and Psalm 105:40 (Vulgate: Psalm 104), the references to their countless flocks, their low flying, their habit of alighting on land in the morning, together with the analogy of the Hebrew and Arabic names, make it ...