One of the most enduring Psalms, even sections of scripture, heck, poems of all time is Psalm 23. The chance that someone in any room you walk into could finish the sentence if you started with, “The Lord is my shepherd…” are close to 100% we’d guess.

But why? Why is it that a portion of six verses seems to endure in every generation? How does it carry so much weight and mean so much to so many? Here is one possible reason. Deep down, we all know we are sheep. In the deepest parts of our soul, we know that on our own we cannot solve every problem, provide for every need, or know which direction to take at all times.

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