
How should we understand psalm 23 ?
As we know, Tehillim 23 is widely recognized as a protective Psalm, but do you recite it with awareness and know how to understand it?
Let's see...
"The Lord is my Shepherd, I shall not want. He makes me lie down in green pastures, He leads me beside still waters. He restores my soul, and guides me in right paths, For His name's sake. Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me.
Your rod and your staff, they will comfort me.
You have set a table before me in the sight of my enemies, and you have anointed my head with oil, and my cup is overflowing. Only goodness and kindness will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the Lord forever.
(Tehillim - Psalm 23)
In this very special Tehillim, we can find great messages and one of them is that we can learn to acquire full and complete Emuna in the Creator, knowing that everything depends on Him, even our own sustenance, and when we trust with firm Emuna, then nothing will be lacking.
The Creator will not let us rest in those green pastures "in the beautiful garden of emuna" where even the most difficult situations we will not fear, because we know that all is for the best!
But something we must observe in this teaching of King David is that, not only with "The staff" (which is like the scepter of the King that he raises above his beloved ones to grace them) not only in those good times should we rejoice, but even with His rod we must do so! (In times of correction, trials and any difficulty that comes our way) even with this "rod" we must learn to console ourselves, knowing that it is the Creator who holds it, and He does so to guide us along the right path!
When you receive "everything" with love and gratitude, then you can rest in that garden without fear, and say like the sweet Psalmist: "I will fear no evil, for I know that You are with me and that all things come from You."
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