Psalm 23:3 NIV

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 23:3

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 23:3

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 23:3

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.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

The good Shepherd and his flock. This is one of the sweetest of all the psalms. That it was written by him who was raised from having care of a flock to be the king on Israel's throne, there is no reason for doubting, spite of all that destructive critics may say. No amount of Hebrew scholarship can possibly let any one into the deep meaning of this psalm. No attainments in English literature will ever initiate any student into the mysteries of a mother's love, and no attainments in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

The good Shepherd. Dr. Arnold said that "amongst Christians, all looking upon the Scriptures as their rule of faith and life, there are particular passages which will most suit the wants of particular minds, and appear to them therefore full of an extraordinary measure of comfort and of wisdom." This is true. Most people have their favourite passages of Scripture. But it may be said of this psalm that it holds a peculiar position. It has for more than three thousand years been one of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

The power of reflection. The psalmist looks back over his life, and sings with grateful heart of God's love and care. We may use the psalm as bringing before us some of the changes and contrasts of life. I. YOUTH AND AGE . This psalm breathes the air of youth. It is the echo of the shepherd-life among the hills of Judah. But the psalmist was now old. Still, he cleaves to God. Happy are they who have sought God early, and whose days from youth to age are linked together by natural... read more

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

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

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

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

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

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