Psalms 23:5

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.

📖 Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְ לְפָנַ֨י ׀ שֻׁלְחָ֗ן נֶ֥גֶד צֹרְרָ֑י דִּשַּׁ֖נְתָּ בַשֶּׁ֥מֶן רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י כּוֹסִ֥י רְוָיָֽה׃

Transliteration

You ta'arōk before me šulḥān against ṣōrerāy; you diššantā baššemen my rō'šî, my kôsî rewāyāh.

Grammar Details

• *ta'arōk*: verb, Qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you prepare/arrange
• *lepānay*: preposition + noun, plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - before me/in front of me
• *šulḥān*: noun, masculine, singular - table
• *neged*: preposition - in front of/against/opposite
• *ṣōrerāy*: verb, Qal participle, masculine plural construct with 1st person singular suffix - my enemies/those who trouble me
• *diššantā*: verb, Piel perfect, 2nd person masculine singular - you anoint/make fat
• *baššemen*: preposition + definite article + noun, masculine, singular - with the oil
• *rō'šî*: noun, masculine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my head
• *kôsî*: noun, feminine, singular with 1st person singular suffix - my cup
• *rewāyāh*: adjective, feminine, singular - overflowing/abundant

Word Meanings

• *ta'arōk*: you prepare/you arrange/you set
• *šulḥān*: table/meal/feast
• *ṣōrerāy*: my enemies/my oppressors/those who show hostility to me
• *diššantā*: you anoint/you make abundant/you make fat
• *baššemen*: with oil/with fat
• *kôsî rewāyāh*: my cup overflows/my cup is abundant/my cup is satiated

Referenced Verses

• Ps 16:5 : 5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
• Ps 92:10 : 10 But my horn shalt thou exalt{H8686)} like the horn of an unicorn: I shall be anointed{H8804)} with fresh oil.
• Ps 45:7 : 7 Thou lovest{H8804)} righteousness, and hatest{H8799)} wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed{H8804)} thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.
• Eph 3:20 : 20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,
• Ps 31:19-20 : 19 Oh how great is thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; which thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men! 20 Thou shalt hide them in the secret of thy presence from the pride of man: thou shalt keep them secretly in a pavilion from the strife of tongues.
• Job 36:16 : 16 Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness.
• Ps 22:26 : 26 The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.
• 1 John 2:20 : 20 But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.
• 1 John 2:27 : 27 But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.
• John 16:22 : 22 And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.
• John 6:53-56 : 53 Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you. 54 Whoso eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, hath eternal life; and I will raise him up at the last day. 55 For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. 56 He that eateth my flesh, and drinketh my blood, dwelleth in me, and I in him.
• John 10:9-9 : 9 I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture. 10 The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.
• 1 Cor 10:16 : 16 The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?
• 2 Cor 1:21 : 21 Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, is God;
• Ps 22:29 : 29 All they that be fat upon earth shall eat and worship: all they that go down to the dust shall bow before him: and none can keep alive his own soul.
• Ps 104:15 : 15 And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
• Ps 116:13 : 13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
• Isa 25:6 : 6 And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
• Ps 78:19 : 19 Yea, they spake{H8762)} against God; they said{H8804)}, Can{H8799)} God furnish{H8800)} a table in the wilderness?