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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; the testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple; (Psa. 19:7)
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Psa. 19•  (Psa. 19)
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Psa. 51:10,12• 10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast spirit within me.
 12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation, and let a willing spirit sustain me. (Psa. 51:10,12)
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Psa. 85:4‑7• 4Bring us back, O God of our salvation, and cause thine indignation toward us to cease.
 5Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? wilt thou draw out thine anger from generation to generation?
 6Wilt thou not revive us again, that thy people may rejoice in thee?
 7Shew us thy loving-kindness, O Jehovah, and grant us thy salvation. (Psa. 85:4‑7)
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Psa. 119:176• 176I have gone astray like a lost sheep: seek thy servant; for I have not forgotten thy commandments. (Psa. 119:176)
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Job 33:30• 30To bring back his soul from the pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of the living. (Job 33:30)
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Jer. 32:37‑42• 37Behold, I will gather them out of all the 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 all their days, for the good of them, and of their children after them.
 40And I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not draw back from them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their heart, that they may not turn aside from me.
 41And I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will assuredly plant them in this land 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 spoken concerning 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 blossom 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 shall return and sit under his shadow; they shall revive as corn, and blossom as the vine: the renown thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
 8Ephraim shall say, What have I to do any more with idols? (I answer him, and I will observe him.) I am like a green fir-tree.--From me is thy fruit found.
 9Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? intelligent, and he shall know them? For the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but the transgressors shall fall therein. (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 for ever, 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 demanded to have you, to sift you as wheat;
 32but *I* have besought for thee that thy faith fail not; and *thou*, when once thou hast been restored, confirm thy brethren. (Luke 22:31‑32)
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Rev. 3:19• 19I rebuke and discipline as many as I love; be zealous therefore and repent. (Rev. 3:19)
leadeth.
Psa. 5:8• 8Lead me, Jehovah, in thy righteousness, because of my foes; make thy way plain before me. (Psa. 5:8)
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Psa. 34:3• 3Magnify Jehovah with me, and let us exalt his name together. (Psa. 34:3)
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Psa. 143:8‑10• 8Cause me to hear thy loving-kindness in the morning, for in thee do I confide; make me to know the way wherein I should walk, for unto thee do I lift up my soul.
 9Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: unto thee do I flee for refuge.
 10Teach me to do thy will; for thou art my God: let thy good Spirit lead me in a plain country. (Psa. 143:8‑10)
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Prov. 8:20• 20I walk in the path of righteousness, 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 that they know not, in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. (Isa. 42:16)
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Jer. 31:8• 8Behold, I bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth; and among them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great assemblage shall they return hither. (Jer. 31:8)
for his.
Psa. 79:9• 9Help us, O God of our salvation, because of the glory of thy name; and deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake. (Psa. 79:9)
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Ezek. 20:14• 14But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I had brought them out. (Ezek. 20:14)
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Eph. 1:6• 6to the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he has taken us into favour 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. (“Psalms 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."