诗篇 23:2-3 CUNPSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

From three very comfortable premises David, in this psalm, draws three very comfortable conclusions, and teaches us to do so too. We are saved by hope, and that hope will not make us ashamed, because it is well grounded. It is the duty of Christians to encourage themselves in the Lord their God; and we are here directed to take that encouragement both from the relation wherein he stands to us and from the experience we have had of his goodness according to that relation. I. From God's being... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:2

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ,.... Or "pastures of tender grass" F20 דשא "tenerae herbae", Piscator, Amama, Gejerus, Michaelis; "in folds of budding grass", Ainsworth. ; this is one part of the shepherd's work, and which is performed by Christ, Ezekiel 34:14 ; by these "green pastures" may be meant the covenant of grace, its blessings and promises, where there is delicious feeding; likewise the fulness of grace in Christ, from whence grace for grace is received; also... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:3

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 it back again, relieves, refreshes, and comforts with the discoveries of his love, with the promises of his word, and with the consolations of his Spirit, and such like reviving cordials; see Gill on Psalm 19:7 ; he leadeth, he in the paths of righteousness ; in the plain paths of truth... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:2

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures - דשא בנאות binoth deshe , not green pastures, but cottages of turf or sods, such as the shepherds had in open champaign countries; places in which themselves could repose safely; and pens thus constructed where the flock might be safe all the night. They were enclosures, and enclosures where they had grass or provender to eat. Beside the still waters - Deep waters, that the strongest heat could not exhale; not by a rippling current, which... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 backslidings, and restores it to his favor. See the old paraphrase on this clause in the preceding note. In the paths of righteousness - צדק במעגלי bemageley tsedek , "in the circuits" or "orbits of righteousness." In many places of Scripture man appears to be represented under the notion of a secondary planet... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:2

Verse 2 2.He maketh me to lie down in pastures of grass. With respect to the words, it is in the Hebrew, pastures, orfields of grass, for grassy and rich grounds. Some, instead of translating the word נאות,neoth, which we have rendered pastures, render it shepherds’ cots or lodges. If this translation is considered preferable, the meaning of the Psalmist will be, that sheep-cots were prepared in rich pasture grounds, under which he might be protected from the heat of the sun. If even in cold... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:3

Verse 3 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 was treated by God. The restoring of the soul, as we have translated it, or the conversion of the soul, as it is, literally rendered, is of the same import as to make anew, or to recover, as has been already stated in the 19th psalm, at the seventh verse. By the paths of righteousness, he means... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-4

The Shepherd of Israel. To a countryman of David, an ancient Israelite, the shepherd with his flock was no poetical figure, but a most familiar object. From Carmel to Gilead, from Hermon to the pastures of the wilderness of Paran, the green hills of Canaan were covered with flocks. On these same hills and plains the forefathers of the nation—Abraham, Isaac, Israel—had pitched their camps and fed their flocks, when as yet they could not call a rood of land their own. With us the shepherd's... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-4

God's providential care. "The Lord is my Shepherd; I shall not want" etc. God's care and providence over man are denoted by the following things. I. HE GIVES REST TO THE WEARY . "Maketh me to lie down in green pastures." Man is a combatant; he has a fight to maintain, a work to do; and he shall have seasons to rest from his exhaustion. He is a pilgrim-traveller. He has rest from bodily toil. So also rest from spiritual work. But the rest is spiritual in its kind. Not... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:3

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:2

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 23:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-4

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

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