Psalms 23:2
He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
In Context
1LORD is my shepherd, I shall not want.
3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
Cross References
Exodus 15:27And they came to Elim, where were twelve springs of water, and seventy palm trees, and they encamped there by the waters.
Psalms 46:4There is a river, the streams of which make the city of God glad, the holy place of the tabernacles of the Most High.
Isaiah 30:23And he will give the rain for thy seed, with which thou shall sow the ground, and bread of the increase of the ground, and it shall be fat and plenteous. In that day thy cattle shall feed in large pastures.
Ezekiel 34:13And I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. And I will feed them upon the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the
Revelation 7:17Because the Lamb in the midst of the throne will tend them, and will lead them to fountains of waters of life. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.
Revelation 22:1And he showed me a pure river of water of life, bright as crystal, coming out from the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Matthew Henry on Psalms 23:2-6
The Divine Shepherd. 1 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. 3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. 4 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. 5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. 6 Surely… Read the whole commentary →