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Psalm 23:2–3

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2He makes me lie down in green fpastures.

He leads me beside still waters.1

3He grestores my soul.

He hleads me in ipaths of righteousness2

for his jname’s sake.

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Psalm 23:2: He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.

Footnotes

  1. 1Hebrew beside waters of rest
  2. 2Or in right paths

Cross references

  1. fEzek. 34:14; John 10:9
  2. gPs. 19:7
  3. hPs. 5:8; 31:3; 139:10, 24; 143:10; Isa. 40:11; 49:10
  4. iProv. 4:11; 8:20
  5. jPs. 25:11; 31:3; 79:9; 109:21; Ezek. 20:9, 14

In other versions

NIVNew International Version (2011)

He makes me lie down in green pastures,

he leads me beside quiet waters,

he refreshes my soul.

He guides me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He lets me lie down in green pastures;

he leads me beside quiet waters.

He renews my life;

he leads me along the right paths

for his name’s sake.

NLTNew Living Translation

He lets me rest in green meadows;

he leads me beside peaceful streams.

He renews my strength.

He guides me along right paths,

bringing honor to his name.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In grassy pastures he makes me lie down;

by quiet waters he leads me.

He restores my life.

He leads me in correct paths

for the sake of his name.

KJV 1900King James Version

He maketh me to lie down in green pastures:

He leadeth me beside the still waters.

He restoreth my soul:

He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.