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But he led forth his own people like sheep, And guided them in the wilderness like a flock.
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God, the Gentle Shepherd
Commentators unanimously highlight the image of God as a shepherd. He didn't just point the way; He tenderly led His people, who were as helpless and vulnerable as sheep. Scholars like John Calvin note that God condescended to perform this role, showing a profound fatherly love for a people who had no power to save themselves.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But made his own people to go forth like sheep ... - That is, he was a shepherd to them. He defended them; provided for them; led t…
19th Century
Baptist
He gave also their increase unto the caterpillar, and their labour unto the locust. He destroyed their vines with hail, and their sycamore tree…
16th Century
Protestant
And he made his people to go forth like sheep. The Psalmist again celebrates God’s fatherly love towards the chosen people, whom, as we ha…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But made his own people to go forth like sheep The people of Israel, whom the Lord chose to be his peculiar people a…
Let not those who receive mercy from God be thereby made bold to sin, for the mercies they receive will hasten its punishment; yet let not those wh…
