Psalms 23:2
He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.
World English Bible
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 →