Psalm 23 for balance. Also in Psalm 18 David mentions God's protection in battle. [13]. The first verse of the Psalm ascribes authorship to King David, said in the Hebrew Scriptures to have been a field shepherd himself as a youth. However, some scholars do not believe that David could have written any of the Psalms. Psalm 23 Psalm 23 is the 23rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "The Lord is my Shepherd". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book
Psalm 42 Psalm 42 Psalm 42 is the 42nd psalm of the Book of Psalms, generally known in English by its first verse, in the King James Version, "As the hart panteth after the water brooks, so panteth my soul after thee, O God". The Book of Psalms is the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament. In the Hebrew Bible, Psalm 42 opens the second of the five books (divisions) of Psalms. In the Greek Septuagint version of the bible, and in its Latin translation Vulgate, this psalm is Psalm 41 in a slightly