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Psalm 23

traditionally ascribed to David; dated by many scholars to after the Babylonian exile · Also known as תהילים כג, Tehillim 23

Psalm 23 is the 23rd psalm of the Book of Psalms, part of the third section of the Hebrew Bible and a book of the Christian Old Testament; in the numbering of the Greek Septuagint and the Latin Vulgate it is Psalm 22, known in Latin as "Dominus regit me". Its heading ascribes it to King David, who in the Hebrew Scriptures was a shepherd in his youth.

Songs in history

Psalm 23c. 500 BCE

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