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    The document summarizes Psalm 23, which describes God as the shepherd who provides for and protects his followers. The psalm uses parallelism and chiasmus to emphasize God's constant care and guidance. It promises that goodness and mercy will always be with the faithful as they dwell with God forever.

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    Chiasmus in Psalm 23

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    The document summarizes Psalm 23, which describes God as the shepherd who provides for and protects his followers. The psalm uses parallelism and chiasmus to emphasize God's constant care and guidance. It promises that goodness and mercy will always be with the faithful as they dwell with God forever.

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    Diagrams of of chiasmus in full chapters and complete books of scripture

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    The document summarizes Psalm 23, which describes God as the shepherd who provides for and protects his followers. The psalm uses parallelism and chiasmus to emphasize God's constant care and guidance. It promises that goodness and mercy will always be with the faithful as they dwell with God forever.

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    Chiasmus in Psalm 23

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    The document summarizes Psalm 23, which describes God as the shepherd who provides for and protects his followers. The psalm uses parallelism and chiasmus to emphasize God's constant care and guidance. It promises that goodness and mercy will always be with the faithful as they dwell with God forever.

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    The key takeaways are that Psalm 23 uses parallelism and chiasmus to describe God as a shepherd who provides, protects, and guides the psalmist.

    The psalm uses parallelism and chiasmus to repeat concepts and ideas in a symmetrical structure.

    The psalmist describes God as providing green pastures and still waters for rest, restoring the soul, guiding on righteous paths, being present in times of danger, preparing a table in the presence of enemies, anointing the head with oil, and filling the cup to overflowing.

    PSALM 23 David acclaims: The Lord is my shepherd.

    1 THE LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.


    2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
    3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
    4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they
    comfort me.
    5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
    6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

    Parallelisms: Individual concepts are repeated to create a unified theme…

    THE LORD is my shepherd;


    I shall not want.
    He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:
    he leadeth me beside the still waters.
    He restoreth my soul:
    he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
    Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    I will fear no evil: for thou art with me;
    thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
    Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies:
    thou anointest my head with oil;
    my cup runneth over.
    Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:
    and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

    1 psalm 23 5july2010.doc
    Chiasmus - A list of concepts given in one order , then repeated in a reverse order.
    One example of many different forms of repetition

    A THE LORD is my shepherd;


    B I shall not want. 2 He maketh
    C me to lie down in green pastures:
    D he leadeth me beside
    E the still waters. 3
    F He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 Yea, though I walk
    through the valley of the shadow of
    G death, I will fear no evil: for
    H thou art with me;
    I thy rod and thy staff
    I they comfort me. 5
    H Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of
    G mine enemies:
    F thou anointest my head with oil;
    E My cup runneth over. 6 Surely
    D goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of
    C my life: and
    B I will dwell in the house of
    A the LORD for ever.

    2 psalm 23 5july2010.doc
    Chiasmus - Example 2: Symmetry of noun/pronoun references to the Lord and to David
    1 A THE LORD is
    2 B my
    3 C shepherd;
    4 D I shall not want. 2
    5 E He maketh
    6 F me to lie down in green pastures:
    7 G he leadeth
    8 H me beside the
    9 I still waters. 3
    10 J He restoreth
    11 K my soul:
    12 L he leadeth
    13 M me in the paths of righteousness for
    14 N his name's sake. 4 Yea, though
    15 O I walk through the valley of the shadow of death,
    16 P I will fear no evil: for
    17 O thou art with
    18 N me;
    19 M thy rod and thy staff
    20 L they comfort
    21 K me. 5
    22 J Thou preparest a table before
    23 I me in the presence of
    24 H mine enemies:
    25 G thou anointest Symmetry of references to:
    26 F my head with oil; The Lord David
    27 E My cup runneth over. 6 Surely 1st half: 8 8
    28 D goodness and mercy shall follow 2nd half: 8 8
    29 C me all the days of Total: 16 16
    30 B I will dwell in
    31 A the house of the LORD for ever.

    3 psalm 23 5july2010.doc

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