The song of our Syrian guest . ng ahead of the sheep. And around the feeding-groundwhich the shepherd thus prepares, inholes and caves in the hillsides, theremay be jackals, wolves, hyenas, andpanthers, too, and the bravery andskill of the shepherd are at the highestpoint in closing up these dens withstones or slaying the wild beasts with [35] IpfJ^^J^ his long-bladed knife. OfGuest nothing do you hear shep-herds boasting more proudlythan of their achievements in thispart of their care of flocks. And now, exclaimed our guestwith a beaming countenance and sup-pressed feehng, as if pleading for
The song of our Syrian guest . ng ahead of the sheep. And around the feeding-groundwhich the shepherd thus prepares, inholes and caves in the hillsides, theremay be jackals, wolves, hyenas, andpanthers, too, and the bravery andskill of the shepherd are at the highestpoint in closing up these dens withstones or slaying the wild beasts with [35] IpfJ^^J^ his long-bladed knife. OfGuest nothing do you hear shep-herds boasting more proudlythan of their achievements in thispart of their care of flocks. And now, exclaimed our guestwith a beaming countenance and sup-pressed feehng, as if pleading for recog-nition of the lone shepherds bravestact of devotion to his sheep, and nowdo you not see the shepherd meaningin that quaint line, THOU PRE-PAREST A TABLE BEFORE MEIN THE PRESENCE OF MINEENEMIES? Yes, I answered; and I see thatGods care of a man out in the worldmeans far more for his good than ?seating him at an indoor banquet-table! But what about anointing the headwith oil and the cup running over?Go on, my friend. 36]. SbeHotibiD^ of the Bbeep day. The psalm has sung ofthe whole round of the days wander-ing, all the needs of the sheep, all thecare of the shepherd. Now it closeswith the last scene of the day. At thedoor of the sheepfold the shepherdstands and the rodding of the sheeptakes place. The shepherd turns hisbody to let the sheep pass; he is thedoor, as Christ said of himself. Withhis rod he holds back the sheep whilehe looks them over one by one asthey go into the fold. He has thehorn filled with olive-oil and he hascedar-tar, and he anoints a knee bruisedon the rocks or a side scratched bythorns. And here comes one that isnot bruised but is simply worn andexhausted; he bathes its face and headwith the refreshing olive-oil and hetakes the large two-handled cup and 13?: lOf VVr* dips it brimming full from theI ^VC$t water he has brought for thatpurpose, and he lets the weary-sheep drink. There is nothing finer in the psalmthan this. Gods care is not for thewounde
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