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The LORD Is My Shepherd

Psalms 23:3

In 11 translations

BSB
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
KJV
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
WEB
He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
ASV
He restoreth my soul: He guideth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
LSV
He refreshes my soul, || He leads me in paths of righteousness || For His Name’s sake;
YLT
My soul He refresheth, He leadeth me in paths of righteousness, For His name's sake,
DBY
He restoreth my soul; he leadeth me in paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
DRC22:3
He hath converted my soul. He hath led me on the paths of justice, for his own name’s sake.
GNV
He restoreth my soule, and leadeth me in the paths of righteousnesse for his Names sake.
JPS
He restoreth my soul; He guideth me in straight paths for His name's sake.
LXXE22:3
He has restored my soul: he has guided me into the paths of righteousness, for his name's sake.

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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.

Original-language editions

WLC
נַפְשִׁ֥י יְשׁוֹבֵ֑ב יַֽנְחֵ֥נִי בְמַעְגְּלֵי־צֶ֝֗דֶק לְמַ֣עַן שְׁמֽוֹ׃
LXX-Br22:3
Τὴν ψυχήν μου ἐπέστρεψεν· ὡδήγησέν με ἐπὶ τρίβους δικαιοσύνης, ἕνεκεν τοῦ ὀνόματος αὐτοῦ.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Isaiah 42:16I will lead the blind by a way they did not know; I will guide them on unfamiliar paths. I will turn darkness into light before them and rough places into level ground. These things I will do for them, and I will not…
  • Psalms 31:3For You are my rock and my fortress; lead me and guide me for the sake of Your name.
  • Psalms 19:7The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
  • Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Psalms 143:8–10Let me hear Your loving devotion in the morning, for I have put my trust in You. Teach me the way I should walk, for to You I lift up my soul. Deliver me from my enemies, O LORD; I flee to You for refuge. Teach me to…
  • Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in Your righteousness because of my enemies; make straight Your way before me.
  • Psalms 51:12Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.
  • Job 33:30to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.
  • Proverbs 8:20I walk in the way of righteousness, along the paths of justice,
  • Revelation 3:19Those I love, I rebuke and discipline. Therefore be earnest and repent.
  • Proverbs 4:11I will guide you in the way of wisdom; I will lead you on straight paths.
  • Micah 7:18–19Who is a God like You, who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of His inheritance— who does not retain His anger forever, because He delights in loving devotion? He will again have…
  • Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of Your name; deliver us and atone for our sins, for the sake of Your name.
  • Psalms 85:13Righteousness will go before Him to prepare the way for His steps.
  • Psalms 85:4–7Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us. Will You be angry with us forever? Will You draw out Your anger to all generations? Will You not revive us again, that Your people may…
  • Psalms 119:176I have strayed like a lost sheep; seek Your servant, for I have not forgotten Your commandments.

From the OpenBible.info cross-reference set (votes from readers; not every link is a quotation or allusion).

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  • 22:3 in some Bibles
  • 23:3 in most Bibles

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