Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 23:2
Lie down — To repose myself at noon, as the manner was in those hot countries. Green — Where there is both delight and plenty of provisions.
Lie down — To repose myself at noon, as the manner was in those hot countries. Green — Where there is both delight and plenty of provisions.
Verse Psalms 23:2. _HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES_] בנאות דשא _binoth deshe_, not _green pastures_, but _cottages of turf_ or _sods,_ such as the shepherds had in open champaign countrie...
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES - Margin, “Pastures of tender grass.” The Hebrew word rendered “pastures” means usually “dwellings,” or “habitations.” It is applied here properly to “pastur...
Psalms 23 Christ, the Great Shepherd _ 1. Assurance (Psalms 23:1)_ 2. Comfort (Psalms 23:4) Psalms 1:1;...
XXIII. YAHWEH AS SHEPHERD (PSALMS 23:1) AND HOST (PSALMS 23:5_ F_.). Psalms 23:2_ b._ waters of rest as in _mg._ Psalms 23:3
MAKETH ME. causeth me (implying continuance). LIE DOWN. We need _making_ so as to feed, and not trample the pastures down. GREEN PASTURES. choice pastures. Hebrew "pastures of tender grass". LEADET...
The figure of the shepherd is expanded. He makes his flock lie down in the noontide heat (Song of Solomon 1:7) _in pastures of tender grass_. For this picture of the shepherd's care cp. Jeremiah 33:12...
DISCOURSE: 528 DAVID’S CONFIDENCE IN GOD Psalms 23:1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul...
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES, &C.— Rabbi Solomon tells us, (most likely upon the credit of ancient tradition,) that, when David went into the forest of Hareth, it became fruitful and irr...
PSALMS 23 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The All-Sufficiency of Jehovah. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 23:1-3 a, As Shepherd; Stanza II., Psalms 23:3 b,...
_HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES: HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS._ In green pastures. The Hebrew х_ Nª'OWT_ (H4999)] for "pastures" implies their desirableness [from 'aawah, to desi...
This is a Ps. of simple and unclouded confidence in God, who is described first as a shepherd (Psalms 23:1) and next as an host (Psalms 23:5). The beautiful imagery of the first part would be natural...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
The verbs in these verses are not to be understood as futures, but as presents, describing the customary condition of the poet. “The psalmist describes himself as one of Jehovah’s flock, safe under Hi...
בִּ נְאֹ֣ות דֶּ֭שֶׁא יַרְבִּיצֵ֑נִי עַל ־מֵ֖י...
Psalms 23:1 THE world could spare many a large book better than this sunny little psalm. It has dried many tears and supplied the mould into which many hearts have poured their peaceful faith. To supp...
THE SONG OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Psalms 23:1 A sabbatic rest breathes through this psalm, the children's favorite; while the oldest and holiest confess that it touches an experience which still lies _b...
In the Messianic application this psalm properly follows that in which the work of the Christ as Saviour is portrayed. It is to those whom He has won through His passion that He becomes known as the S...
Founded, or created it (Berthier) upon (Hebrew hal. "above, in, near, to, with," &c.; Amama) the seas, like a floating island, Proverbs viii. 29., Jonas ii. 7., Job xxxviii. 11. This was the language...
These are sweet verses. Jesus leads, and feeds, and waters. And this he doth night and day, lest any hurt. Feeding, takes in the whole employment of a Shepherd: Jesus hath knowledge of the persons of...
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2._He maketh me to lie down in pastures of grass. _With respect to the words, it is in the Hebrew, _pastures, _or_fields of grass, _for _grassy and rich grounds. _Some, instead of translating the word...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 23 AND 24. Psalms 23, 24 go in a certain sense by themselves, giving the perfect confidence in the Shepherd, Jehovah, founded on the experience of what He is in...
HE MAKETH ME TO LIE DOWN IN GREEN PASTURES,.... Or "pastures of tender grass" t; this is one part of the shepherd's work, and which is performed by Christ, Ezekiel 34:14; by these "green pastures" may...
_He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters._ Ver. 2. _He maketh me to lie down in green pastures_] In folds of budding grass, where he feedeth me daily and dai...
_He maketh me to lie down_ Not only to feed, but to rest, and enjoy tranquillity, peace, and safety; _in green pastures_ Where there are both delight and plenty. “The loveliest image afforded by the n...
JEHOVAH THE GOOD SHEPHERD. A psalm of David, a hymn written by David by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, an expression not only of David's personal faith and trust, but of the confidence which all...
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures, where the meadows are lush with young, vigorous grass, where the best spiritual food is found in rich abundance; HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS, wher...
GREEN PASTURES: _ Heb._ pastures of tender grass STILL WATERS: waters of quietness...
TO LIE DOWN; to rest and repose myself at noon, as the manner was in those hot countries. See SONG OF SOLOMON 1:7 ISAIAH 13:20 EZEKIEL 34:15. IN GREEN PASTURES; where there is both delight and plenty...
Psalms 23:2 down H7257 (H8686) green H1877 pastures H4999 leads H5095 (H8762) still H4496 waters H4325...
‘He makes me to lie down in pastures of luscious grass, He leads me beside the waters of rest.' The oriental shepherd goes ahead of his sheep, seeking out good pasturage for them. And once he finds it...
Psalms 23 This Psalm falls into two halves, in both of which the same general thought of God's guardian care is presented, though under different illustrations, and with some variety of detail. The f...
Psalms 23:2 We have now to do only with Christ in waters of quietness, those which He makes for us, which He chooses for us, and to which He only He guides us. I. You have had to do with painful chan...
Psalms 23:1 The whole sentiment and scenery of this poem seems to prove, by accumulative evidence, that it was written at the time when the forty-second Psalm was written: when David had taken refuge...
We shall view Christ in the office of a shepherd and the first passage we read sets before us faith proving Christ in that office accepting him, trusting him, following him. Psalms 23:1. _The LORD is...
Did you ever notice that the 22 nd Psalm exhibits «that great Shepherd of the sheep» as laying down his life for the sheep; that the 23 rd Psalm exhibits «the good Shepherd» with all his sheep around...
We will first read that choicest of all the Psalms, the twenty-third. It is like a precious pearl shining with a mild lustre. This Psalm is, among the other Psalms, what the lark is among the other bi...
I hope we all know this Psalm by heart, may we also know it by heart-experience! It is a sweet pastoral song just suited to our Sabbath evening worship. There is here no din of arms, no noise of war;...
CONTENTS: David sees Jehovah as his good shepherd. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is with (Psalms 23:1) under (Psalms 23:2) beside (Psalms 23:2) after ...
VERSE. 2. _The still waters._ The refreshing or abundant waters; the waters of Shiloh, which flow softly. Psalms 23:3. _He restoreth my soul._ Symmachus reads ανεκτησατο με, he refreshes me, or renov...
_He maketh me to lie down in green pastures._ THE GREEN PASTURES The image, so clear and beautiful in itself, is singularly forcible and suggestive in relation to our inner life. Is not the backgroun...
_The Lord is my Shepherd._ EXEGESIS OF THE PSALM This Psalm, so personal and tender in its tone, may be called a lyric; and its reference to shepherd life makes it a pastoral; and being such, it beco...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 23:1. This psalm describes God in two ways: as the Shepherd who cares for the sheep (vv. Psalms 23:1), and as the Host who cares for his guest
INTRODUCTION “The king who had been the shepherd-boy, and had been taken from the quiet sheepcotes to rule over Israel, sings this little psalm of Him who is the true Shepherd and King of men. We do n...
EXPOSITION THIS little psalm is an idyll of great beauty, describing the peace and calm delight which dwell with one whose trust is wholly in God. David's authorship, asserted in the title, is highly...
Psa 23:1-6, the prayer of David, or a psalm of David, rather. And it is a psalm in which he sees God in three aspects. He sees God first as a shepherd; secondly as a guide; and thirdly as a host. Ther...
Ezekiel 34:13; Ezekiel 34:14; Isaiah 30:23; Isaiah 49:10; Isaiah 49:9
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