The second metaphor is psalm 23 compares god to a generous god to a generous host (in the ancient middle east, it was a sign of the hospitality to anoint a guest's head and dusty feet with oil) how does the speaker extend this metaphor of god as a gracious host, with the speaker as his guest

The greatest gift the sumerians gave the world was the invention of writing. the sumerians were a wealthy people. they needed some way to keep track of what they owned. they began drawing pictures. they used a reed as a pen. they drew on soft pieces of clay. the soft clay was then dried in the sun. the tablet became a permanent record. later, the sumerian drawings changed into wedge-shaped symbols. this kind of writing is called cuneiform. by putting symbols together, the sumerians could write entire sentences.