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Psalm 23

Psa. 23:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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Thou preparest
`arak (Hebrew #6186)
to set in a row, i.e. arrange, put in order (in a very wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: put (set) (the battle, self) in array, compare, direct, equal, esteem, estimate, expert (in war), furnish, handle, join (battle), ordain, (lay, put, reckon up, set) (in) order, prepare, tax, value.
Pronounce: aw-rak'
Origin: a primitive root
a table
shulchan (Hebrew #7979)
a table (as spread out); by implication, a meal
KJV usage: table.
Pronounce: shool-khawn'
Origin: from 7971
before
paniym (Hebrew #6440)
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)
KJV usage: + accept, a-(be- )fore(-time), against, anger, X as (long as), at, + battle, + because (of), + beseech, countenance, edge, + employ, endure, + enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-part), form(-er time, -ward), from, front, heaviness, X him(-self), + honourable, + impudent, + in, it, look(-eth) (- s), X me, + meet, X more than, mouth, of, off, (of) old (time), X on, open, + out of, over against, the partial, person, + please, presence, propect, was purposed, by reason of, + regard, right forth, + serve, X shewbread, sight, state, straight, + street, X thee, X them(-selves), through (+ - out), till, time(-s) past, (un-)to(-ward), + upon, upside (+ down), with(- in, + -stand), X ye, X you.
Pronounce: paw-neem'
Origin: plural (but always as singular) of an unused noun (paneh {paw-neh'}; from 6437)
me in the presence of mine enemies
tsarar (Hebrew #6887)
to cramp, literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (as follows)
KJV usage: adversary, (be in) afflict(-ion), beseige, bind (up), (be in, bring) distress, enemy, narrower, oppress, pangs, shut up, be in a strait (trouble), vex.
Pronounce: tsaw-rar'
Origin: a primitive root
: thou πanointest
dashen (Hebrew #1878)
to be fat; transitively, to fatten (or regard as fat); specifically to anoint; figuratively, to satisfy; denominatively (from 1880) to remove (fat) ashes (of sacrifices)
KJV usage: accept, anoint, take away the (receive) ashes (from), make (wax) fat.
Pronounce: daw-shane'
Origin: a primitive root
my head
ro'sh (Hebrew #7218)
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
KJV usage: band, beginning, captain, chapiter, chief(-est place, man, things), company, end, X every (man), excellent, first, forefront, ((be-))head, height, (on) high(-est part, (priest)), X lead, X poor, principal, ruler, sum, top.
Pronounce: roshe
Origin: from an unused root apparently meaning to shake
with oil
shemen (Hebrew #8081)
grease, especially liquid (as from the olive, often perfumed); figuratively, richness
KJV usage: anointing, X fat (things), X fruitful, oil((-ed)), ointment, olive, + pine.
Pronounce: sheh'-men
Origin: from 8080
; my cup
kowc (Hebrew #3563)
a cup (as a container), often figuratively, a lot (as if a potion); also some unclean bird, probably an owl (perhaps from the cup-like cavity of its eye)
KJV usage: cup, (small) owl. Compare 3599.
Pronounce: koce
Origin: from an unused root meaning to hold together
runneth over
rvayah (Hebrew #7310)
satisfaction
KJV usage: runneth over, wealthy.
Pronounce: rev-aw-yaw'
Origin: from 7301
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makest fat.

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Cup,
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Oil,
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Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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preparest.
Psa. 22:26,29• 26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the Lord that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
 29All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul. (Psa. 22:26,29)
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Psa. 31:19‑20• 19Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!
 20Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues. (Psa. 31:19‑20)
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Psa. 104:15• 15And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart. (Psa. 104:15)
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Job 36:16• 16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. (Job 36:16)
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Isa. 25:6• 6And in this mountain shall the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined. (Isa. 25:6)
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John 6:53‑56• 53Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
 54Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 55For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed.
 56He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him. (John 6:53‑56)
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John 10:9‑10• 9I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.
 10The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. (John 10:9‑10)
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John 16:22• 22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you. (John 16:22)
thou anointest.
Heb. makest fat.
Psa. 45:7• 7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows. (Psa. 45:7)
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Psa. 92:10• 10But my horn shalt thou exalt like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil. (Psa. 92:10)
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Amos 6:6• 6That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph. (Amos 6:6)
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Matt. 6:17• 17But thou, when thou fastest, anoint thine head, and wash thy face; (Matt. 6:17)
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2 Cor. 1:21• 21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God; (2 Cor. 1:21)
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1 John 2:20,27• 20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
 27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him. (1 John 2:20,27)
my cup.
Psa. 16:5• 5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. (Psa. 16:5)
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Psa. 116:13• 13I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. (Psa. 116:13)
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1 Cor. 10:16• 16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? (1 Cor. 10:16)
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Eph. 3:20• 20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us, (Eph. 3:20)
• He dresses a table for His beloved, where they sit down in safety and secure. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 22-24” by J.N. Darby)
• The Lord is greater than all our enemies, and can support us in their very presence; anoint us with blessings, and make our cup run over. (“Psalms 23” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thou prepareste a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "furnishest."