Book of Psalms (Psalm 23) (LITERARY MATRIX SAMPLE)

Genre Significant Ideas / Contemporary Relevance Literary Merit / Devices Textual Evidence Binary Opposites
Contributions
Religious text 1.The Shepherd’s provision 1.Spiritual Comfort 1. Imagery 1.a) The Lord is my 1.Trouble vs. peace
Pastoral Poem 2. Personal Salvation 2. Metaphor shepherd, I shall not want
2. The shepherd’s protection 3. Overcoming Fears 3. Parallelism 1.b) He makes me to lie 2.Guidance vs. misguidance
4. God’s Provision 4. Personification down in green pastures
3. The shepherd’s 1.c.) He leads me beside the 3.Good vs. evil
preservation still waters
1.d) He restores my soul 4.
1.e) He leads me in the
paths of righteousness, for
His name's sake

2.a). I will fear no evil, for

He is with me
2.b) His rod and staff
comfort me
2.c) You prepare a
table before me in the
presence of my enemies
2.d) You anoint my head
with oil; my cup overflows.

3.a) Surely your goodness

and love will follow me
    all the days of my life
3.b) and I will dwell in the
house of the LORD
    forever