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You prepare a table - The image is now changed, though expressing the general idea which is indicated in the first verse of the psa…

Such a sudden transition from the figure of the flock to that of a banquet is characteristic of Hebrew poetry.
Preparest

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of d…

You will prepare. These words, which are in the future tense, here denote a continued act. David, therefore, now repeats, without a figure…

Thou preparest a table before me
In a providential way granting a sufficiency, and even an affluence of temporal g…

The Lord is my shepherd. In these words, the believer is taught to express his satisfaction in the care of the great Pastor of the univers…

Previously, the psalmist, speaking as Christ, described his many tribulations; now he speaks of the remedy by which he is sustained throu…
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Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes