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The Lord Is My ShepherdÂ

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This is a small study of five Psalms and was the last thing William Barclay ever worked on. That alone ought to encourage you to buy the book. I used this to teach a class on prayer and was blessed by it. As with all of Barclay's work, he draws the reader into the biblical text. The Psalms come to life as they are set in their context and then applied to our lives today. Caveat emptor! You would think with this title that the 23rd Psalm would be one of the Psalms studied. Nope! Barclay did not get to it, but I imagine the publishers knew they would sell more with that title than by calling it, "5 Random Psalms". Even so, this is a fine work, and you will want to have it in your library and make its teaching part of your life.

But it's not my favorite of his works. However, it is full of nuggets that you will want to write down and keep foremost in thought and near your heart. Barclay passed on before this manuscript went through the final editing process and you can see this little volume is not quite as powerful as Barclay's other works.

It certainly is very worthy of a couple read-throughs.

My favorite Barclay books are his Daily Bible Studies on the New Testament - which are NOT out of print. Among these, my favorite are Matthew and John, plus Revelation.

To summarize, "The Lord is my Shepherd" is very interesting, inspiring and memorable. Plus, this small book is full of those trademark Barclay anecdotes and word pictures that bring home a point like no one else can, but it's not his very best A-#1 work.