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 110 the Temple in Jerusalem, the Levites would be saying that "the Lord spoke to my master"—i.e. to David. . However, the King James Version and many subsequent Christian translations capitalize the second word "Lord", intending that it refers to Jesus. As the is speaking to another Lord, Henry postulates that "two distinct divine Persons…are involved"—namely, God and Jesus. Henry further claims that in this psalm, David is acknowledging Christ's sovereignty and his (David's) subservience to him. Jesus himself quoted this verse during his trial before the Sanhedrin (), referring to himself, and states that this verse was fulfilled in the