Samuel Lebens, shares thoughts on the nature of shadows, and the valley of the shadow of death. Text here: www.sefaria.org/Psalms.23

A whole range of emotions within three chapters, from the king who praises God for everything he has been given, to the immortal line of וְאָנֹכִי תוֹלַעַת וְלֹא־אִישׁ I am a worm and not a man. Plus in ch20 the best prooftext to the thesis I shared a few weeks back in Zachariah that the Torah...

David doesn't just cry to God when he is in need, he thanks him too when things go well - and even so there remains a certain part of God which is always hidden. By the best sort of mix up we actually have two recordings for today's chapter, from Ilana Stein in South Africa and from Sam Lebens in...