Now, let us shift gears and travel on to the beginning of verse five: "Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies."

A distinguished colleague wrote of the time he experienced such gracious hospitality when he stayed at the home of a friend. He wrote:

"They received me into their lovely house, which the wife had labored all day to clean for my arrival. They ushered me into the most comfortable bedroom, where their own clothes had been removed from the closet to make room for mine. They set before me a sumptuous meal, served on their finest china and with their best silver. They gave me an evening of devoted attention before a roaring fire in the sanctity of their family parlor. And then, when it was time to bid good night and retire to our beds, they said, `Now, if y…