The Biggest Story has lots of great stories. It also has lots of great songs. Some songs are victory songs that Israel sang after God saved them from their enemies. Can anyone remember one of those stories from Exodus or Judges? When God saves, God’s people sing! So much so that there’s a whole book of songs. It’s called Psalms, and it has 150 songs. It contains sad songs about sad situations, longing songs that cry out for justice, and instructive songs that focus on living out God’s wisdom. It has songs about saying sorry for sins, songs about God’s forever kingdom, and songs that celebrate the coming of the promised King (the Christ!). Israel sang these songs when they gathered for worship. So did Jesus and his disciples. It became the church’s first hymnbook. A favorite psalm that the church sang after Jesus’s death and resurrection was Psalm 110, which celebrates Jesus as both the victorious King and the forever priest. But Psalm 23 also became a favorite of the church. It’s about God as our shepherd, and it’s the one we’ll be looking closely at today.