Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
~Psalm 23 (or Gangsta's Paradise)
Now what does that mean, that Your rod and Your staff comfort me?
I think it means Your attributes of Justice. Justice shall be served. It shall be measured out with the rod, parceled out by the staff.
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Hello Ben, I chatted with you on Omegle. Nice to see you spreading your wisdom. :)
I think it's part of the "L-rd is my shepherd" imagery. G-d's shepherd staff leads the psalter through the Valley of the Shadow of death, and despite the fact that it's a walk to death, His guidance is comforting.
TPW, why are you saying it's a walk to death? Why is it not just the shadow of death (aka not real death)?
Maybe it's not real death. Maybe it is. Either way, the imagery is of a shepherd guiding his flock. And either way, it's a resignation to G-d's will.
When a sheep gets separated from the flock and is lost and alone.....there's nothing more comforting than the blow of his shepherds rod on his back...
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