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The well-known opening of Psalm 23, "The Lord is my Shepherd," is misleading, Hoffman says, because shepherds in the Bible were "brave, strong, valiant," and "regal," while the modern shepherd is "a marginalized loner who spends more time with sheep than with people." Hoffman explains that using the word "shepherd" to translate Psalm 23 "suggests all of the wrong images and none of the right ones."

Anti-Shepherdism bares its ugly head.

Not to mention anti-marginalized-lonerism.

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the modern shepherd is "a marginalized loner who spends more time with sheep than with people." Hoffman explains that using the word "shepherd" to translate Psalm 23 "suggests all of the wrong images and none of the right ones."

It really depends on who the sheep are, doesn't it. If the shepherd is the guy down the road that sells me wool and a leg of mutton every once and a while, then he isn't that special. If I am one of the sheep, then the shepherd is pretty special, providing for me and watching over me.