Psalms 23:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Psalms 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou preparest a table - The image is now changed, though expressing the general idea which is indicated in the first verse of the psalm, “I shall not want.” The evidence or proof of this in the...
Psalms 23:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou preparest a (e) table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou (f) anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (e) Even though his enemies sought to destroy him, yet God delivers hi...
Psalms 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXIII. Yahweh as Shepherd ( Psalms 23:1-4 ) and Host ( Psalms 23:5 f .). Psalms 23:2 b. waters of rest as in mg. Psalms 23:3 . Read, right paths: the metaphor is still maintained....
Psalms 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

preparest . settest in order. table. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for what is on it. So that. may feast while He fights. JEHOVAH-NISSI. App-4. The figure of the sheep i...
Psalms 23:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

5. Thou wilt prepare. These words, which are put in the future tense, here denote a continued act. David, therefore, now repeats, without a figure, what he has hitherto declared, concerning...
Psalms 23:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 528 DAVID’S CONFIDENCE IN GOD Psalms 23:1-6 . The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoret...
Psalms 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Thou preparest a table before me - Here the second allegory begins. A magnifice...
Psalms 23:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Thou preparest a table, &c.— This alludes to the plentiful support which he found in the wilderness, notwithstanding the efforts of his enemies to distress him. Thou anointest my head with oil...
Psalms 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. A table before me. The Hebrew for "table" х shulchaan ( H7979 )] is...
Psalms 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of simple and unclouded confidence in God, who is described first as a shepherd ( Psalms 23:1-4 ) and next as an host ( Psalms 23:5-6 ). The beautiful imagery of the first part would be...
Psalms 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Such a sudden transition from the figure of the flock to that of a banquet is characteristic of Hebrew poetry. Preparest — i.e., spreadest or furnishest, the usual phrase ( Proverbs 9:2 ; Isa...
Psalms 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 23:1-6 THE world could spare many a large book better than this sunny little psalm. It has dried many tears and supplied the mould into which many hearts have poured their peaceful faith. T...
Psalms 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of the Good Shepherd Psalms 23:1-6 A sabbatic rest breathes through this psalm, the children's favorite; while the oldest and holiest confess that it touches an experience which still...
Psalms 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

In the Messianic application this psalm properly follows that in which the work of the Christ as Saviour is portrayed. It is to those whom He has won through His passion that He becomes known as the...
Psalms 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Hence the soul, resting upon Jesus, can and will look forward to the hour of death with perfect composure and serenity. It is but a valley, not a dwelling place, he hath to enter. And though he enter...
Psalms 23:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 22 Proper Psalm for Good Friday ( Morning ). Psalms 22, 23 = Day 4 ( Evening ).
Psalms 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou preparest a table before me ,.... In a providential way granting a sufficiency, and even an affluence of temporal good things; the providence of God lays and spreads a table for his people in t...
Psalms 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Ver. 5. Thou preparest a table before ] Here he makes use of another metapho...
Psalms 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou preparest a table before me Thou furnishest me with plenty and variety of provisions and comforts. In the presence of mine enemies Who seeing, envying, and fretting at it, are not able to hi...
Psalms 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Shepherd. A psalm of David. 1 The L ORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down...
Psalms 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou furnishest me with plenty and variety of provisions and comforts, mine enemies seeing, and envying, and fretting at it, but not being able to hinder it. With oil; or, ointment , as the Syri...
Psalms 23:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed my head with oil. My cup runs over.' This idea of His full provision now turns the Psalmist's thoughts to a great feas...
Psalms 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “The king who had been the shepherd-boy, and had been taken from the quiet sheepcotes to rule over Israel, sings this little psalm of Him who is the true Shepherd and King of men. We do...
Psalms 23:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 23 This Psalm falls into two halves, in both of which the same general thought of God's guardian care is presented, though under different illustrations, and with some variety of detail. Th...
Psalms 23:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We will first read that choicest of all the Psalms, the twenty-third. It is like a precious pearl shining with a mild lustre. This Psalm is, among the other Psalms, what the lark is among the other b...
Psalms 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Verse. 2. The still waters. The refreshing or abundant waters; the waters of Shiloh, which flow softly. Psalms 23:3 . He restoreth my soul. Symmachus reads ανεκτησατο με, he refreshes me, or...
Psalms 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

The Lord is my Shepherd. Exegesis of the Psalm This Psalm, so personal and tender in its tone, may be called a lyric; and its reference to shepherd life makes it a pastoral; and being such, it...
Psalms 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THIS little psalm is an idyll of great beauty, describing the peace and calm delight which dwell with one whose trust is wholly in God. David's authorship, asserted in the title, is...
Psalms 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jehovah the Good Shepherd. A psalm of David, a hymn written by David by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, an expression not only of David's personal faith and trust, but of the confidence which a...
Psalms 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 10:16 ; 1 John 2:20 ; 1 John 2:27 ; 2 Corinthians 1:21 ; Amos 6:6 ; Ephesians 3:20 ; Isaiah 25:6 ; Job 36:16 ; John 10:10 ; John 10:9 ; John 16:22 ; John 6:53-56 ; Matthew...
Psalms 23:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Shepherd Psalm Psalms 23:1-6 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is the purpose of today's study to throw us more completely into the arms of the Living God. Our chapter, Psalms 23:1-6 , we have read b...
Psalms 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

A table — Thou furnishest me with plenty of provisions and comforts. Oil — With aromatic ointments, which were then used at great feasts; thy comforts delight my soul. Runneth over — Thou hast give...

Psalms 23:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 23:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 23:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 23:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 23:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 23:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 23:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 23:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 23:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 23:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 23:5 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

Psalms 23:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes