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  2. Psalm 23 - Wikipedia

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    Psalm 23 is often referred to as the "Shepherd's Psalm". The theme of God as a shepherd was common in ancient Israel and Mesopotamia . For example, King Hammurabi , in the conclusion to his famous legal code , wrote: "I am the shepherd who brings well-being and abundant prosperity; my rule is just.... so that the strong might not oppress the ...

  3. Psalms - Wikipedia

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    The Book of Psalms (/ s ɑː (l) m z / SAH(L)MZ, US also / s ɔː (l) m z / SAW(L)MZ; [2] Biblical Hebrew: תְּהִלִּים, romanized: Tehillīm, lit. 'praises'; Ancient Greek: Ψαλμός, romanized: Psalmós; Latin: Liber Psalmorum; Arabic: زَبُورُ, romanized: Zabūr), also known as the Psalms, or the Psalter, is the first book of the third section of the Tanakh (Hebrew Bible ...

  4. Sidney Psalms - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  5. Great Psalms Scroll - Wikipedia

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    These songs were hymns attributed to King David, praising him for composing the Psalms, classifying the hymns and prayers he wrote. According to this list, David composed 3,600 psalms, 364 songs to be performed each day of the year during regular sacrifices, another 52 songs for the weekly Sabbath sacrifice, 30 songs for sacrifices of annual ...

  6. Psalm 22 - Wikipedia

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    The exact distinction between the two main parts of the psalm is also controversial, as verse 23 is sometimes counted as a part of the original psalm, but sometimes as part of the later addition. The original psalm (v. 2-22/23) is thought to date from the pre-exilic period, that is, before the Babylonian destruction of Jerusalem in 587 BC.

  7. David - Wikipedia

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    1997 Solomon, a sequel to David, with Max von Sydow playing an older King David. [173] 2009 Kings, a re-imagining loosely based on the biblical story, with David played by Christopher Egan. [174] King David is the focus of the second episode of History Channel's Battles BC documentary, which detailed all of his military exploits in the bible. [175]

  8. Psalms of Asaph - Wikipedia

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    Because of the great time between the building (1000 BC) and the destruction (586 BC) of the first temple we know that this psalm isn’t written by David’s Asaph who was the one of three temple singers assigned by King David to the temple. The Asaph of this psalm wonders why God's anger has allowed this invasion and destruction

  9. Psalm 3 - Wikipedia

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    Psalm 3 is the first psalm with a title in the original and it concerns a specific time of crisis in David's life. David fled Absalom because of a series of events that followed from David being under discipline for his own sins regarding Bathsheba and Uriah the Hittite (2 Samuel, chapter 11). [6]