[101] See these references to the 22d and 23d Psalms well stated in Blaikie's "David, King of Israel," pp. 322, 323.
[102] Psalm xxiii. 1, 2.
[103] Psalm xxiii. 3.
[104] Psalm xxiii. 4.
[105] Psalm xxiii. 5.
[106] Psalm xxiii. 6.
[107] "Were it not for this word of possession, the devil might say the Creed to as good purpose as we. He believes there is a God and Christ, but that which torments him is this—he can say 'my' to never an article of faith."—Sibbs.
[108] "Sometimes I can rejoice in the Mount with my Redeemer. Sometimes I lie in the Valley, dead, barren, unprofitable.... I am frequently wounded in the battle. Blessed be God that the Physician, the Castle, and the Fortress, are ever at hand."—Bickersteth's Life.
[109] "David might have gone a thousand times to the tabernacle and never found a thousandth part of the blessing he found in this wilderness. It was in the absence of all that was dear to him as man, he found his special solace in God."—Harington Evans.