5:2), caring for them, protecting them, and leading them in faithfulness to the covenant. The king is ideally a shepherd of his people (cf. 3:1), he learned how to shepherd with literal sheep. Read Moreĭavid was taken from the sheepfolds. With upright heart he shepherded them and guided them with his skillful hand. All commentary sections adapted from the ESV Study Bible.
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