Psalm 23:2

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

INTRODUCTION“The king who had been the shepherd-boy, and had been taken from the quiet sheepcotes to rule over Israel, sings this little psalm of Him who is the true Shepherd and King of men. We do not know at what period of David’s life it was written, but it sounds as if it were the work of his later years. There is a fulness of experience about it, and a tone of subdued, quiet confidence which speaks of a heart mellowed by years, and of a faith made sober by many a trial. A young man would... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:1-3

Psalms 23:1-3 The whole sentiment and scenery of this poem seems to prove, by accumulative evidence, that it was written at the time when the forty-second Psalm was written: when David had taken refuge from Absalom among the wide uplands which lie around the city of Mahanaim. I. This poem is impregnated with one feeling: the feeling of trust in God. The illustration of this trust is taken from pastoral life. The case of the Oriental shepherd and the trustfulness of the sheep furnish a symbol to... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:0 This Psalm falls into two halves, in both of which the same general thought of God's guardian care is presented, though under different illustrations, and with some variety of detail. The first half sets Him forth as a Shepherd, and us as the sheep of His pasture. The second gives Him as the Host and us as the guests at His table and the dwellers in His house. I. First, consider that picture of the Divine Shepherd and His leading of His flock. It occupies the first four verses of... read more

William Nicoll

Sermon Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:2

Psalms 23:2 We have now to do only with Christ in waters of quietness, those which He makes for us, which He chooses for us, and to which He only He guides us. I. You have had to do with painful changes. Faces have altered; many are gone. There have been strange removals. There have been reversals of fortune. Everything has been shaken. You can scarcely be sure of anything. Let Jesus take you up and make you to converse a little while with the grandnesses of the unchangeable and the undying;... read more

Charles Simeon

Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae - Psalms 23:1-6

DISCOURSE: 528DAVID’S CONFIDENCE IN GODPsalms 23:1-6. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me. Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou anointest my head... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:1-6 Psalms 23:1-6 , the prayer of David, or a psalm of David, rather. And it is a psalm in which he sees God in three aspects. He sees God first as a shepherd; secondly as a guide; and thirdly as a host. There is a very interesting commentary called, "A Shepherd Looks at the Twenty-third Psalm." And you might want to read this book. It is a fascinating book, as it goes into many of the aspects of a shepherd, and the character and the nature of sheep. And you'll find it an excellent... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 23:1-6

Verse. 2. The still waters. The refreshing or abundant waters; the waters of Shiloh, which flow softly. Psalms 23:3 . He restoreth my soul. Symmachus reads ανεκτησατο με , he refreshes me, or renovates my soul. Psalms 23:4 . Valley of the shadow of death. There is a place of that name: “Waad- el ajal, four hours distant from Carmel along the coast. The passage is cut through the bed of a rock, just wide enough to admit a narrow-wheeled carriage, or a loaded camel.” Buckingham’s... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:1-6The Lord is my Shepherd.Exegesis of the PsalmThis Psalm, so personal and tender in its tone, may be called a lyric; and its reference to shepherd life makes it a pastoral; and being such, it becomes by its brevity and finish an idyll--an idyll excelling in naturalness and truth any that Theocritus, the father of idylls, ever wrote. But in its simplicity it sets forth the weightiest theme. Feeble man may have constant companionship with the mighty and everlasting God, may cast all... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - Psalms 23:2

Psalms 23:2He maketh me to lie down in green pastures. The green pasturesThe image, so clear and beautiful in itself, is singularly forcible and suggestive in relation to our inner life. Is not the background of the picture true to the facts which we everywhere witness around us, and the needs and aspirations we have felt within us? How much there is in life to remind us of the long tracts of desert sand, the fierce and scorching rays of the sun, the lassitude and ennui of worn-out and wearied... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Psalms 23:2

Psa 23:2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. Ver. 2. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ] In folds of budding grass, where he feedeth me daily and daintily, plentifully and pleasantly, as among the lilies, Song of Solomon 6:3 ; that is, amidst the ordinances (David here seemeth to resemble powerful and flourishing doctrine to green pastures, and the secret and sweet comforts of the sacraments to the still waters), where I shall not need... read more

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