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Monday, January 17, 2011

The LORD is my shepherd

Who coined this expression in the Bible?

David?
"The LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want." Genesis 23:1
Actually, I was reading today in Genesis 48:15,
"He blessed Joseph, and said, 'The God before whom my ancestors Abraham and Isaac walked, the God who has been my shepherd all my life to this day' "
So, it turns out that Jacob was the original person to coin this expression in the Bible. David must have been meditating on his ancestor's words in writing the psalm.

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