The confidence of Psalm 23 is that of one who is steeped in the theology of God’s care for His people in the early days, when God made His covenant with them. David knows that God. And since He is the eternal shepherd, His people are not surprised to find Him as the New Testament shepherd too: the good Shepherd, the great Shepherd, the chief Shepherd who will one day appear with ‘glory that will never fade away’, and who ‘will lead them to springs of living water.’

— Derek Kidner
Cf John 10:11; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 5:4; Revelation 7:17.

 

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