The figure is changed. Jehovah is now described as the host who bountifully entertains the Psalmist at his table, and provides him with a lodging in his own house, as Oriental monarchs entertained those to whom they wished to shew special favour. See Gen 43:16; 2 Samuel 9:7 ff; 2 Samuel 19:33; 1 Kings 4:27.
Verse Psalms 23:5. _THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME_] Here the _second_ _allegory_ begins. A magnificent banquet is provided by a most liberal and benevolent host; who has not only the _bounty_ to f...
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE - The image is now changed, though expressing the general idea which is indicated in the first verse of the psalm, “I shall not want.” The evidence or proof of this in the previ...
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
PREPAREST. settest in order. TABLE. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Subject), App-6, for what is on it. So that. may feast while He fights. JEHOVAH-NISSI. App-4. The figure of the sheep is con...
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...
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE, &C.— This alludes to the plentiful support which he found in the wilderness, notwithstanding the efforts of his enemies to distress him. _Thou anointest my head with oil,_ mean...
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,...
_THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES: THOU ANOINTEST MY HEAD WITH OIL; MY CUP RUNNETH OVER._ A table before me. The Hebrew for "table" х_ SHULCHAAN_ (H7979)] is one sprea...
23:5 preparest (e-2) Or 'furnishest.'...
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...
IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES] as when David enjoyed the hospitality of Barzillai (2 Samuel 17:27). ANOINTEST] RV 'hast anointed,' as a host anoints an honoured guest: see Luke 7:46. RUNNETH OVER] G...
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...
Such a sudden transition from the figure of the flock to that of a banquet is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. PREPAREST — _i.e., spreadest_ or _furnishest,_ the usual phrase (Proverbs 9:2; Isaiah 21:...
תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְ לְ פָנַ֨י ׀ שֻׁלְחָ֗ן נֶ֥גֶד צֹרְרָ֑י...
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...
Thou preparest a (e) table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou (f) anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (e) Even though his enemies sought to destroy him, yet God delivers him...
_Blessing. David seems to have given the eulogium of Obededom, whose example taught him that the ark was only terrible to the wicked; and that it was a source of blessings to the just, 2 Kings vi. 11....
Hence the soul, resting upon Jesus, can and will look forward to the hour of death with perfect composure and serenity. It is but a valley, not a dwelling place, he hath to enter. And though he enters...
Psalms 22 _ Proper Psalm for Good Friday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 22, 23 = _ Day 4_ (_Evening_)....
5._Thou wilt prepare. _These words, which are put in the future tense, here denote a continued act. David, therefore, now repeats, without a figure, what he has hitherto declared, concerning the benef...
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...
THOU PREPAREST A TABLE BEFORE ME,.... In a providential way granting a sufficiency, and even an affluence of temporal good things; the providence of God lays and spreads a table for his people in the...
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Ver. 5. _Thou preparest a table before_] Here he makes use of another metaphor...
_Thou preparest a table before me_ Thou furnishest me with plenty and variety of provisions and comforts. _In the presence of mine enemies_ Who seeing, envying, and fretting at it, are not able to hin...
Thou preparest a table before me, a joyful and rich festival meal, IN THE PRESENCE OF MINE ENEMIES, not a bulwark or fort, for they were helpless in the presence of the almighty Shepherd and the full...
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...
ANOINTEST: _ Heb._ makest fat...
Thou furnishest me with plenty and variety of provisions and comforts, MINE ENEMIES seeing, and envying, and fretting at it, but not being able to hinder it. WITH OIL; or, _ointment_, as the Syriac an...
Psalms 23:5 prepare H6186 (H8799) table H7979 before H6440 enemies H6887 (H8802) anoint H1878 (H8765) head...
‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.' This idea of His full provision now turns the Psalmist's thoughts to a great feast....
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 23:5 I. The table here comes in after the valley of sadness. Is there not a preparation even in that fact? When do we so want the table as when we have just been through severe experiences? It...
Psalms 23:4 I. David's refuge in the valley of the shadow of death was faith in God, the ever-near. David had entered the valley of the shadow of death of the heart. He had been betrayed, insulted, ex...
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...
_Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies._ THE LORD’S GUESTS This is a desert scene. A hot, panting fugitive is fleeing for his life, pursued and hunted by the forces of a fi...
_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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 23:5 PREPARE A TABLE. The psalm now describes the faithful person as God’s guest at a meal. The ENEMIES are powerless to prevent the enjoyment of God’s generous hospitality. For a...
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...
1 Corinthians 10:16; 1 John 2:20; 1 John 2:27; 2 Corinthians 1:21;...
THE SHEPHERD PSALM Psalms 23:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is the purpose of today's study to throw us more completely into the arms of the Living God. Our chapter, Psalms 23:1, we have read because it b...
A table — Thou furnishest me with plenty of provisions and comforts. Oil — With aromatic ointments, which were then used at great feasts; thy comforts delight my soul. Runneth over — Thou hast given m...