Psalms 23:1-6

Written in his latter years, David’s mind surely traveled back to his younger days when he tended his father’s sheep. There, before David was ever known in Jerusalem, the Lord had given him a living illustration of His abundant care for His people. Now, in old age – after Goliath, Saul, Bathsheba, Uriah, Amnon, and Absalom – David refelcted on his life and more fully understood something of the depth of the Lord’s care.