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605 B
605 B
Like sheep
The writer compares people who will all die to a flock of sheep. Just as sheep cannot escape when the butcher decides to slaughter them, so men will not escape when it is their time to die.
they are appointed
"God has appointed them"
death will be their shepherd
"death will take them away as a shepherd leads away sheep to be slaughtered"
in the morning
Here the word "morning" is a metaphor that refers to a time when God will vindicate righteous people and save them from evil people.
their bodies will be consumed in Sheol
"their bodies will decompose in the grave"