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Psalm 23

Psa. 23:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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He restoreth
shuwb (Hebrew #7725)
to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
KJV usage: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Pronounce: shoob
Origin: a primitive root
my soul
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
: he leadeth
nachah (Hebrew #5148)
to guide; by implication, to transport (into exile, or as colonists)
KJV usage: bestow, bring, govern, guide, lead (forth), put, straiten.
Pronounce: naw-khaw'
Origin: a primitive root
me in the paths
ma`gal (Hebrew #4570)
from the same as 5696; a track (literally or figuratively); also a rampart (as circular)
KJV usage: going, path, trench, way((-side)).
Pronounce: mah-gawl'
Origin: or feminine mapgalah {mah-gaw-law'}
of righteousness
tsedeq (Hebrew #6664)
the right (natural, moral or legal); also (abstractly) equity or (figuratively) prosperity
KJV usage: X even, (X that which is altogether) just(-ice), ((un-))right(-eous) (cause, -ly, - ness).
Pronounce: tseh'-dek
Origin: from 6663
for his name’s
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
sake.

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Righteousness,
Soul; Spirit

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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restoreth.
Psa. 19:7• 7The law of Jehovah [is] perfect, restoring the soul;{HR}The testimony of Jehovah [is] true, making wise the simple. (Psa. 19:7)
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Psa. 19•  (Psa. 19)
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Psa. 51:10,12• 10Create for me a pure heart, O God,{HR}And a steadfast spirit renew within me.
 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation,{HR}And let a free spirit uphold me. (Psa. 51:10,12)
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Psa. 85:4‑7• 4Restore us, O God of our salvation,{HR}And cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
 5Wilt thou be angry with us forever?{HR}Wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation
 6Wilt thou not revive us again,{HR}That thy people may rejoice in thee?
 7Show us thy mercy, O Jehovah,{HR}And grant us thy salvation. (Psa. 85:4‑7)
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Psa. 119:176• 176I have wandered like a lost sheep:{HR}Seek thy servant,{HR}For thy commandments I do not forget. (Psa. 119:176)
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Job 33:30• 30To bring back his soul from corruption,{HR}That he may be enlightened with the light of life. (Job 33:30)
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Jer. 32:37‑42• 37behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
 38and they shall be my people, and I will be their God:
 39and I will give them one heart and one way that they may fear me forever, for the good of them, and of their children after them:
 40and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.
 41Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul.
 42For thus saith Jehovah, Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. (Jer. 32:37‑42)
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Hos. 14:4‑9• 4I will heal their backsliding; I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
 5I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
 6His shoots shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon.
 7They that dwell under his shade shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine; the scent as the vine of Lebanon.
 8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do anymore with idols? I have heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir-tree. From me is thy fruit found.
 9Who is wise, that he may understand these things? intelligent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall stumble thereon. (Hos. 14:4‑9)
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Mic. 7:8‑9,18‑19• 8Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: though I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah shall be a light unto me.
 9I will bear the indignation of Jehovah—for I have sinned against him—until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light; I shall behold his righteousness.
 18Who is a God like unto thee, that forgiveth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? He retaineth not his anger forever, because he delighteth in loving-kindness.
 19He will yet again have compassion on us, he will tread under foot our iniquities: and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea. (Mic. 7:8‑9,18‑19)
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Luke 22:31‑32• 31And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold Satan has begged for you to sift as wheat,
 32but I have besought for thee that thy faith fail not, and thou, when once turned back establish thy brethren. (Luke 22:31‑32)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I, as many as I love, rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
leadeth.
Psa. 5:8• 8Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness,{HR}On account of mine enemies,{HR}Make thy way straight before me. (Psa. 5:8)
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Psa. 34:3• 3Exalt ye Jehovah with me,{HR}And let us extol his name together. (Psa. 34:3)
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Psa. 143:8‑10• 8Cause me to hear in the morning thy mercy,{HR}For in thee do I confide;{HR}Make me to know the way that I should go,{HR}For unto thee I lift up my soul.
 9Deliver me from mine enemies, Jehovah;{HR}In thee have I hid myself.
 10Teach me to do thy pleasure,{HR}For thou [art] my God;{HR}Let thy good spirit lead me in a land of evenness. (Psa. 143:8‑10)
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Prov. 8:20• 20I walk in the way of righteousness,{HR}In the midst of the paths of judgment; (Prov. 8:20)
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Isa. 42:16• 16And I will bring the blind by a way they know not, in paths they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do to them, and I will not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)
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Jer. 31:8• 8Behold I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither. (Jer. 31:8)
for his.
Psa. 79:9• 9Help us, O God of our salvation,{HR}For the sake of the glory of thy name and deliver us,{HR}And forgive our sins because of thy name. (Psa. 79:9)
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Ezek. 20:14• 14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out. (Ezek. 20:14)
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Eph. 1:6• 6unto [the] praise of [the] glory of his grace, wherein he made us objects of grace in the beloved; (Eph. 1:6)
• Is the soul troubled and bowed down? He restores it. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 22-24” by J.N. Darby)
• There may, alas, be failure, and, if not actual sin, dullness of soul as the result of contact with things here. Nevertheless the Shepherd restores the soul, and leads in paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake. (“Psalm 23” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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He restorethd my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "reviveth."

W. Kelly Translation

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He restoreth my soul;{HR}He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.