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Multiple Symbols In 'The Twenty-Third Psalm'

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“The Twenty-Third Psalm” is a verse from the book of Psalms in the bible. This verse uses multiple symbols throughout the passage. “The Lord is my Shepard; I shall not want” (1.) Saying that the Lord is a Shephard means that he herds flocks of sheep. We, as Christians, are the sheep and we follow him and let him herd us through our lives. With the Lord on our side, nothing is impossible. He will guide and direct his true followers down the path of righteousness and bring them into salvation. “He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his names sake” (4-5.) lines 4 and 5 also means that everything we do in our lives is through his name. Everything we do, we do it in the name of God giving him all of the glory and

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