Psalms 23:2
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
In Context
1The LORD is my shepherd; I shall lack nothing.
3He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Cross References
Exodus 15:27They came to Elim, where there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees. 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 tents of the Most High.
Isaiah 30:23He will give the rain for your seed, with which you will sow the ground; and bread of the increase of the ground will be rich and plentiful. In that day, your livestock will feed in large pastures.
Ezekiel 34:13I will bring them out from the peoples, and gather them from the countries, and will bring them into their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel, by the watercourses, and in all the inhabited places of the country.
Revelation 7:17for the Lamb who is in the middle of the throne shepherds them and leads them to springs of life-giving waters. And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
Revelation 22:1He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of 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 →