![]() ![]() David calls him "my shepherd" Christ having a right unto him, as he has to all the sheep of God, by virtue of his Father's gift, his own purchase, and the power of his grace and as owning him as such, and yielding subjection to him, following him as the sheep of Christ do wheresoever he goes and also as expressing his faith of interest in him, affection for him, and joy because of him: and from thence comfortably concludes, This office he was called and appointed to by his Father, and which through his condescending grace he undertook to execute, and for which he is abundantly qualified being omniscient, and so knows all his sheep and their maladies, where to find them, what is their case, and what is to be done for them and being omnipotent, he can do everything proper for them and having all power in heaven and in earth, can protect, defend, and save them and all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge being in him, he can guide and direct them in the best manner wherefore he is called the great shepherd, and the chief shepherd, and the good shepherd. ![]() This is to be understood not of Jehovah the Father, and of his feeding the people of Israel in the wilderness, as the Targum paraphrases it, though the character of a shepherd is sometimes given to him, ( Psalms 77:20 ) ( 80:1 ) but of Jehovah the Son, to whom it is most frequently ascribed, ( Genesis 49:24 ) ( Isaiah 40:11 ) ( Ezekiel 34:23 ) ( 37:24 ) ( Zechariah 13:7 ) ( John 10:11 John 10:14 ) ( 1 Peter 2:25 ) ( 5:4 ).
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