Psalm 28

It took just a minute to read this psalm. David seems to be facing some people of crooked morals. He is disturbed by their actions, and shares his disillusionment with God. Then he sees God at work in his life. Though he neither fully describes the problem or God's solution David does give God the highest praise that he can consider. After spending most of his youth tending sheep, David reveals the characteristic of his hero; a good shepherd.(Vs 9) When bringing the herd into to be sold and sheared David had ample opportunity to witness the array of shepherds. Maybe Jesse was his favorite shepherd-example, maybe one of his older brothers. Somewhere in his life of interacting with other shepherds one of them caught his eye. And in the actions of that caring shepherd God revealed a picture of his divine nature at work. From this psalm I think David's idea of a good shepherd is not only one who will carry the sheep as needed, but one who is always close by, and is listening to the sheep, waiting to meet their needs.
Stuart