An Exposition of Psalm 23 verse 3 詩篇23篇第3節的詮釋 20230104

An Exposition of Psalm 23 verse 3

 

He restores my soul:  the word restores has the meaning of returning. He causes our soul to return to the resting place. The soul can be swamped with worries, engulfed with cares, bitterness, or strife, and drains out the life in us. The Lord, our Shepherd, directs us back to the resting place where our soul enjoys meaningful rest and restoration. 

 

He leads me in the path of righteousness for his name's sake:The Lord lives up to his name as our Shepherd when He continues to draw us to the righteous path. This has a picture of a circular path. Sheep go in circular path up the hill, and it keeps getting higher. So it may seem like we are in the same place, but it keeps getting higher. Our Shepherd leads us higher to bring honor to his name.

 

It's interesting that these 2 sentences appear on the same note. The path of righteousness seems like a path that goes round and round .. that means each day, we must allow the Shepherd to bring us out of our soulish chaos and back into the rhythm of love and rest.

 

詩篇23篇第3節的詮釋

他使我的靈魂恢復：「恢復」這個字有返回的意思。祂使我們的靈魂回歸安息之地。靈魂可能會被憂慮、煩惱、痛苦或紛爭所淹沒，並耗盡我們的生命。主，我們的牧羊人，引導我們回到安息之地，讓我們的靈魂享受有意義的休息和恢復。

祂為自己的名引導我走義路：當主繼續引導我們走上義路時，祂不辜負我們牧羊人的名。這是一條圓形路徑的圖片。羊群沿著環形路徑爬上山，而且山越來越高。因此，看起來我們似乎處於同一位置，但實際上它正在不斷上升。我們的牧羊人引領我們走得更高，為祂的名帶來榮耀。

有趣的是，這兩句話出現在同一張紙條上。正義之路似乎是一條蜿蜒的道路......這意味著每一天，我們都必須讓牧羊人把我們從靈魂的混亂中帶出來，回到愛與休息的節奏中。