Arguably the most famous, it is often read at funerals and times of great difficulty. It offers comfort to the hurting, and is beautiful with its pastoral imagery.
Reading it again, I see that it is more than just a 'death' psalm. In fact, it really isn't that at all. It is a 'hope for life' psalm. It tells us that we will have dark times, but that those are in fact NECESSARY to reach the life giving stuff. We must go through "Hell" on earth, but we need not go through it alone.
Though this psalm talks a great deal about darkness and enemies, it is not their presence that steals the psalm. It is the fact that our shepherd- our God- is ever present. He is always there, walking with us through it all.
And at times, fighting off the attackers.
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