As I have just said, our confidence for the future depends on our present
relationship to God; and, accordingly, the Psalm opens with the words,
“The Lord is my Shepherd.” The holy relationship between the Shepherd
and the flock is described as being already established, and by both
parties recognized, and all that follows is the result of that
relationship. We have not time to study the whole Psalm; but look at the
three results taught us in verse 5.