Psalms 23:3

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

נַפְשִׁ֥י יְשׁוֹבֵ֑ב יַֽנְחֵ֥נִי בְמַעְגְּלֵי־צֶ֝֗דֶק לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֽוֹ׃

Transliteration

Napšî yešôbēb; yanḥēnî in ma'gelê-ṣedeq for sake of šemô.

Grammar Details

• *napšî*: noun, feminine, singular construct with 1st person singular suffix - my soul/life
• *yešôbēb*: verb, Polel imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular - he restores/refreshes
• *yanḥēnî*: verb, Hiphil imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular with 1st person singular suffix - he leads/guides me
• *bema'gelê*: preposition + noun, masculine, plural construct - in paths/tracks of
• *ṣedeq*: noun, masculine, singular - righteousness/justice
• *lema'an*: preposition, for the sake of/because of
• *šemô*: noun, masculine, singular construct with 3rd person masculine singular suffix - his name

Word Meanings

• *napšî*: my soul/my life/my inner being
• *yešôbēb*: he restores/he refreshes/he revives/he brings back
• *yanḥēnî*: he leads me/he guides me/he directs me
• *ma'gelê-ṣedeq*: paths of righteousness/right tracks/just ways
• *lema'an šemô*: for his name's sake/because of his reputation/for the sake of his character

Referenced Verses

• Ps 51:10 : 10 Create in me a clean heart, O God; And renew a right spirit within me.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of Jehovah is perfect, restoring the soul: The testimony of Jehovah is sure, making wise the simple.
• Prov 8:20 : 20 I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
• Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O Jehovah, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; Make thy way straight before my face.
• Ps 31:3 : 3 For thou art my rock and my fortress; Therefore for thy name's sake lead me and guide me.
• Job 33:30 : 30 To bring back his soul from the pit, That he may be enlightened with the light of the living.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they know not; in paths that they know not will I lead them; I will make darkness light before them, and crooked places straight. These things will I do, and I will not forsake them.
• Ps 79:9 : 9 Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name; And deliver us, and forgive our sins, for thy name's sake.
• Ps 119:176 : 176 I have gone astray like a lost sheep; Seek thy servant; For I do not forget thy commandments.
• Ps 143:8-9 : 8 Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; For in thee do I trust: Cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; For I lift up my soul unto thee. 9 Deliver me, O Jehovah, from mine enemies: I flee unto thee to hide me. 10 Teach me to do thy will; For thou art my God: Thy Spirit is good; Lead me in the land of uprightness.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations, in whose sight I brought them out.
• Hos 14:4-9 : 4 I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely; for mine anger is turned away from him. 5 I will be as the dew unto Israel; he shall blossom as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. 6 His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive-tree, and his smell as Lebanon. 7 They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive [as] the grain, and blossom as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon. 8 Ephraim [shall say], What have I to do any more with idols? I have answered, and will regard him: I am like a green fir-tree; from me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, that he may understand these things? prudent, that he may know them? for the ways of Jehovah are right, and the just shall walk in them; but transgressors shall fall therein.
• Mic 7:8-9 : 8 Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him, until he plead my cause, and execute judgment for me: he will bring me forth to the light, [and] I shall behold his righteousness.
• Mic 7:18-19 : 18 Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in lovingkindness. 19 He will again have compassion upon us; he will tread our iniquities under foot; and thou wilt cast all their sins into the depths of the sea.
• Eph 1:6 : 6 to the praise of the glory of his grace, {G1722} which he freely bestowed on us in the Beloved:
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I reprove and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
• Prov 4:11 : 11 I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in paths of uprightness.
• Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the uttermost parts of the earth, [and] with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall they return hither.
• Jer 32:37-42 : 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all the countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my wrath, and in great indignation; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely: 38 and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: 39 and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: 40 and I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from following them, to do them good; and I will put my fear in their hearts, that they may not depart from me. 41 Yea, I will rejoice over them to do them good, and I will plant them in this land assuredly with my whole heart and with my whole soul. 42 For thus saith Jehovah: Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them.
• Ps 85:4-7 : 4 Turn us, O God of our salvation, And cause thine indignation toward us to cease. 5 Wilt thou be angry with us for ever? Wilt thou draw out thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not quicken us again, That thy people may rejoice in thee? 7 Show us thy lovingkindness, O Jehovah, And grant us thy salvation.
• Ps 85:13 : 13 Righteousness shall go before him, And shall make his footsteps a way [to walk in].
• Ps 51:12 : 12 Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; And uphold me with a willing spirit.
• Ps 34:3 : 3 Oh magnify Jehovah with me, And let us exalt his name together.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 {G1161} {G2962} {G2036} Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat: 32 but I made supplication for thee, that thy faith fail not; and do thou, when once thou hast turned again, establish thy brethren.