restoreth. bringeth back, as in Psalms 19:8, JEHOVAH-ROPKEKA. App-4.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh.
leadeth. Hebrew. nahal, to guide, conduct.
paths of righteousness. righteous paths. JEHOVAH-ZIDKENU. App-4.
name's. own. See note on Psalms 20:1.
Verse Psalms 23:3. _HE RESTORETH MY SOUL_] Brings back my life from destruction; and converts my soul from sin, that it may not eternally perish. Or, after it has _backslidden_ from him, heals its bac...
HE LEADETH ME BESIDE THE STILL WATERS - Margin, “waters of quietness.” Not stagnant waters, but waters not tempestuous and stormy; waters so calm, gentle, and still, as to suggest the idea of repose,...
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
The shepherd's care as guide and guardian....
_He restoreth my soul_ Renews and sustains my life. Cp. Psalms 19:7, note. Not as P.B.V. (after the LXX and Vulg.) _he shall convert my soul_. _he leadeth me_ R.V., he guideth me: a word often used of...
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 RESTORETH MY SOUL, &C.— _He refresheth,_ &c. Mudge. "When I am ready to faint, he refreshes me, and brings me to life again." See Psalms 19:8. _In the paths of righteousness,_ Green renders very pr...
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 RESTORETH MY SOUL: HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEOUSNESS FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE._ He restoreth my soul - reviving me when fainting (Psalms 19:8), and overcome temporarily by temptations. The g...
23:3 restoreth (d-2) Or 'reviveth.'...
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...
LEADETH] RV 'guideth.' An Eastern shepherd goes before his flock. FOR HIS NAME'S SAKE] in consistency with the character which He has already made known....
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...
RESTORETH MY SOUL — _i.e.,_ refresheth, recreateth, quickeneth. FOR HIS NAME’S SAKE. — God’s providential dealings are recognised as in accordance with His character for great graciousness....
נַפְשִׁ֥י יְשֹׁובֵ֑ב יַֽנְחֵ֥נִי בְ מַעְגְּלֵי ־צֶ֝֗דֶק...
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...
He (b) restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the (c) paths of righteousness for his name's sake. (b) He comforts or refreshes me. (c) Plain or straight ways....
_Place. The punishment of the Bethsamites, and of Oza, had filled all with alarm, so that David durst not introduce the ark into his palace, 1 Kings vi. 19. (Calmet) --- Though Christ created and rede...
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...
Psalms 22 _ Proper Psalm for Good Friday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 22, 23 = _ Day 4_ (_Evening_)....
3._He restoreth my soul _As it is the duty of a good shepherd to cherish his sheep, and when they are diseased or weak to nurse and support them, David declares that this was the manner in which he wa...
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 RESTORETH MY SOUL,.... Either when backslidden, and brings it back again when led or driven away, and heals its backslidings; or rather, when fainting, swooning, and ready to die away, he fetches i...
_He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake._ Ver. 3. _He restoreth my soul_] He reduceth me, when like a lost sheep I have gone astray, Psalms 119:176. A s...
_He restoreth my soul_ Hebrew, נפשׁי ישׁובב, _naphshi jeshobeb, my soul he bringeth_, or, _will bring back_, namely, from its errors or wanderings. No creature is more ready to go astray than a sheep,...
He restoreth my soul, reviving, quickening, relieving it, when the spirits droop with weariness on account of the misery of sin and the afflictions of this world; HE LEADETH ME IN THE PATHS OF RIGHTEO...
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 RESTORETH, Heb. _he bringeth it back_; either, 1. From its errors or wandering; or, 2. Into the body, out of which it was even departing and fainting away. He reviveth or comforteth me. Compare Ru...
Psalms 23:3 restores H7725 (H8787) soul H5315 leads H5148 (H8686) paths H4570 righteousness H6664 names H8034...
‘He restores my soul (inner life). He guides me in the right paths (the paths of righteousness) for his name's sake.' Having been led to the pastures of luscious grass, and the rest-giving waters, the...
Psalms 23:3 It is very pleasant to walk on the bank of the still waters. But still waters have their dangers. He who wrote this Psalm had found one "in an evening tide." Therefore no one need be surp...
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 23:1 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 restoreth my soul._ THE RESTORATION OF THE SOUL 1. It implies the quickening and invigoration of the soul in seasons of depression and exhaustion. A sheep may languish from internal weakness and...
_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 23:3 The restoration of the SOUL indicates the returning of life or vitality (compare Psalms 19:7;...
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...
Ephesians 1:6; Ezekiel 20:14; Hosea 14:4; Isaiah 42:16; Jeremiah 31:8
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...
Restoreth — Heb. He bringeth it back; from its errors and wandering. For — Not for any worth in me, but for the glory of his justice, and faithfulness, and goodness....