Psalms 23:3

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

He restoreth my soul: he leadeth 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{H8798)} in me a clean heart, O God; and renew{H8761)} a right{H8737)} spirit within me.
• Ps 19:7 : 7 The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
• Prov 8:20 : 20 I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
• Ps 5:8 : 8 Lead me, O LORD, 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, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
• Isa 42:16 : 16 And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
• Ps 79:9 : 9 Help{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver{H8685)} us, and purge away{H8761)} 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 LORD, 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 into the land of uprightness.
• Ezek 20:14 : 14 But I wrought for my name's sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, 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 grow 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 corn, and grow 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 heard him, and observed him: I am like a green fir tree. From me is thy fruit found. 9 Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but the 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, the LORD shall be a light unto me. 9 I will bear the indignation of the LORD, 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 by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy. 19 He will turn again, he will have compassion upon us; he will subdue our iniquities; 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, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
• Rev 3:19 : 19 As many as I love, I rebuke 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 right paths.
• Jer 31:8 : 8 Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts 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 return thither.
• Jer 32:37-42 : 37 Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; 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 them, to do them good; but I will put my fear in their hearts, that they shall 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 the LORD; 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{H8798)} us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease{H8685)}. 5 Wilt thou be angry{H8799)} with us for ever? wilt thou draw out{H8799)} thine anger to all generations? 6 Wilt thou not revive{H8762)} us again{H8799)}: that thy people may rejoice{H8799)} in thee? 7 Shew{H8685)} us thy mercy, O LORD, and grant{H8799)} us thy salvation.
• Ps 85:13 : 13 Righteousness shall go{H8762)} before him; and shall set{H8799)} us in the way of his steps.
• Ps 51:12 : 12 Restore{H8685)} unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold{H8799)} me with thy free spirit.
• Ps 34:3 : 3 O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
• Luke 22:31-32 : 31 And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat: 32 But I have prayed for thee, that thy faith fail not: and when thou art converted, strengthen thy brethren.