Psalms 23 Cross References - NSB

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah is my shepherd; I shall not want. ² He makes me to lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside the still waters. ³ He restores me and he leads me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. ⁴ Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil for you are with me. Your rod and your staff they comfort me. ⁵ You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies: you anoint my head with oil; my cup runs over. ⁶ Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life and I will dwell in the house of Jehovah forever.

⁹ Respect Jehovah, you holy people who belong to him. Those who reverence him are never in need. ¹⁰ Young lions go hungry and may starve, but those who seek Jehovah’s help have all the good things they need.

⁵² He led his own people out like sheep and guided them like a flock through the wilderness.

¹³ Your people, the flock in your pasture, will thank you forever. We will praise you throughout all generations.

¹¹ For Jehovah God is a sun and shield. Jehovah will give favor and honor. He will not withhold blessing from those who walk faithfully in truth.

¹¹ He tends his flock like a shepherd. He gathers the lambs in his arms and carries them close to his heart. He gently leads those that have young.

³ »Then I will gather the remnant of my flock out of all the countries where I have driven them and bring them back to their pasture. Then they will be fruitful and multiply. ⁴ »I will also raise up shepherds over them who will tend them. They will not be afraid any longer, nor be terrified, nor will any be missing, proclaims Jehovah.

¹⁰ Hear the word of Jehovah, O nations. Declare in the coastlands afar off. Say: »He who scattered Israel will gather him and keep him as a shepherd keeps his flock.

¹¹ »‘The Lord Jehovah says: ‘I will search for my sheep. I will seek them out. ¹² »As a shepherd cares for his herd in the day when he is among his scattered sheep, so I will care for my sheep and will deliver them from all the places where they were scattered on a cloudy and gloomy day.

²³ »‘I will place one shepherd over them, my servant David. He will take care of them. He will take care of them and be their shepherd. ²⁴ »‘I, Jehovah, will be their God, and my servant David will be their prince. I, Jehovah, have spoken!

² »You Bethlehem Ephrathah who are little to be among the thousands of Judah. Out of you one will come to me who is to be ruler in Israel! His origin is from of old, from everlasting (days of antiquity) (ancient times).

⁴ »He will stand and shepherd his flock in the strength of Jehovah. They will abide in the majesty of the name of Jehovah his God! Now he will be great to the ends of the earth.

³³ »Seek (desire) (require) (serve) first the kingdom of God and his righteousness [continuously] and all these things will be added to you.

³⁰ »For the people of the nations seek after these things. Your Father knows that you need them. ³¹ »Seek first his kingdom and these things will be added to you. ³² »Do not fear little flock for it is your Father’s good pleasure to give you the kingdom.

¹¹ »I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep.

¹⁴ »I am the good shepherd. I know my own, and my own know me.

²⁷ »My sheep hear my voice. I know them and they follow me. ²⁸ »I give them eternal life. They will never perish. No one will snatch them out of my hand. ²⁹ »My Father has given them to me. He is greater than all and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand. ³⁰ »The Father and I are one (united in purpose).«

³² He that did not spare his own Son, but delivered him up for us all, will he not with him freely give us all things?

¹⁹ My God will supply every need of yours according to his riches in glory in Christ Jesus.

⁵ You should be free from the love of money. Be content with what you have, for he has said: »I will not leave you. I will not forsake you.« ⁶ So that with good confidence (courage) we say: »Jehovah is my helper; I will not fear: What shall man do to me?« (Psalm 56:11)

²⁰ Now the God of peace, who brought again from the dead the great shepherd of the sheep with the blood of an eternal covenant, even our Lord Jesus,

²⁵ For you were straying like sheep. But now you have returned to your shepherd and overseer.

⁴ When the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the crown of glory that does not fade away.

¹⁷ »The Lamb who is in the middle of the throne will feed them and lead them to living fountains of water. God will wipe away all tears from their eyes.«

²⁹ »If God decided to do nothing at all, no one could criticize him. If he hid his face (refused to assist), we would be helpless.

⁴ There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

⁶ »These people have rejected the gently flowing water of Shiloah and find joy in Rezin and Remaliah's son.

²³ Jehovah will give you rain for the seed that you plant in the ground, and the food that the ground provides will be rich and nourishing. When that day comes, your cattle will graze in large pastures.

⁹ Say to those who are bound: »Go forth, to those in the darkness and show yourselves. They will feed along the roads and their pasture is on all bare heights. ¹⁰ »They will never be hungry or thirsty. The sun and the burning hot wind will not strike them. The one who has compassion on them will lead them and guide them to springs.

¹³ »I will bring them out from the peoples and gather them from the countries and bring them to their own land. I will feed them on the mountains of Israel. I will feed them by the streams, and in all the inhabited places of the land. ¹⁴ »I will feed them in a good pasture, and their grazing ground will be on the mountain heights of Israel. There they will lie down on good grazing ground and feed in rich pasture on the mountains of Israel.«

⁶ And he said to me: »It is done! I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him who thirsts from the fountain of the water of life freely.

¹ He showed me a pure river of water of life. It was clear as crystal and flowed out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.

¹⁷ The Spirit and the bride say: »Come« And let him who hears say: »Come.« And let him who is thirsty come. And whoever will, let him drink the water of life freely.

³⁰ »He turns him back from the pit that the light of life may shine on him.

⁸ O Jehovah, lead me in your righteousness because of my enemies. Make your way straight in my presence.

⁷ The law of Jehovah is perfect. It gives new life. The testimony of Jehovah is dependable. It makes the simple wise.

³ You are my rock and my stronghold. For the sake of your name, lead me and guide me.

³ Come magnify Jehovah with me. Let us highly honor (exalt) (promote) his name together.

¹⁰ Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a steadfast (dependable) spirit within me.

¹² Restore the joy of your salvation to me, and establish a willing spirit in me.

⁹ Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of your name. Rescue us, and provide atonement for our sins for the honor of your name.

⁴ Restore us, O God of our salvation. Put an end to your anger against us. ⁵ Will you be angry with us forever? Will you ever let go of your anger in the generations to come? ⁶ Will you not restore our lives again so that your people may find joy in you? ⁷ Show us your loving-kindness, O Jehovah. Grant us your salvation.

¹³ Righteousness will go ahead of him and make a path for his steps.

¹⁷⁶ I have gone astray like a lost sheep. Look for your servant for I have not forgotten your commandments.

⁸ Let me hear your loving kindness in the morning. For I trust in you! Teach me the way in which I should walk for to you I am lifted up. ⁹ Deliver me, O Jehovah, from my enemies. I take refuge in you. ¹⁰ Teach me to do your will, for you are my God. Let your good Spirit lead me on level ground.

¹¹ I taught you wisdom and the right way to live.

²⁰ »I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:

¹⁶ »I will lead my blind people by roads they have never traveled. I will turn their darkness into light and make rough country smooth before them. I will keep my promises without fail.«

⁸ I am bringing them from the North Country. I will gather them from the remote parts of the earth. Among them are the blind and the lame, the woman with child and she who is in labor with child. As a great company they will return here.

³⁷ ‘I am going to gather the people from all the lands where I scattered them in my anger, fury, and terrifying wrath. I will bring them back to this place and make them live here securely. ³⁸ »They will be my people, and I will be their God. ³⁹ »I will give them the same attitude and the same purpose so that they will respect and reverence me as long as they live. This will be for their good and for the good of their children. ⁴⁰ »I will make an eternal promise to them that I will never stop blessing them. I will make them respect me so that they will never turn away from me. ⁴¹ »I will enjoy blessing them. With all my heart and all my being I will faithfully plant them in this land.’« ⁴² »This is what Jehovah says: ‘As I brought all these disasters on these people, so I will bring on them all these blessings that I have promised them.

¹⁴ ‘»»I acted so that my name would not be dishonored among the nations who had watched me bring the Israelites out of Egypt.

⁴ »I will heal their apostasy! I will love them freely for my anger has turned away from them. ⁵ »I will be like the dew to Israel. He will blossom like the lily and he will take root like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ »His shoots will sprout and his beauty will be like the olive tree. His fragrance will be like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁷ »Those who live in his shadow will raise grain again. They will blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon. ⁸ »O Ephraim, what more have I to do with idols? It is I who answer and look after you. I am like a luxuriant cypress and fruit comes from me.« ⁹ Let the wise understand these things. Let the discerning know them. For the ways of Jehovah are right. And the righteous will walk in them. But transgressors will stumble in them.

⁸ Do not rejoice against me, O my enemy! When I fall, I will arise. When I sit in darkness, Jehovah will be a light to me. ⁹ I will bear the indignation of Jehovah, because I have sinned against him. He will plead my cause, and execute judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light and I will see his righteousness.

¹⁸ Who is a God like you who pardons iniquity and passes over the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? You do not keep your anger forever, because you delight in loving-kindness (unchanging love). ¹⁹ You will again have compassion on us. You will tread our iniquities under foot. You will throw all our sins into the depths of the sea.

³¹ »Simon, Simon, behold, Satan asked to have you, that he might sift you as wheat. ³² »I prayed for you that your faith would not fail. Once you have turned again strengthen your brothers.«

⁶ This is to the praise of the glory of his kindness, with which he freely honored us, the loved ones.

¹⁹ »'I reprove and discipline those whom I love: be zealous therefore, and repent.

⁵ »Let darkness and the shadow of death claim it once more. May a cloud settle over it and may blackness overwhelm its light.

²¹ before I go to the place of no return, to the land of darkness and the shadow of death, ²² to the land of dark night, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.«

¹⁷ »For deep darkness is morning to all of them. They are friends with the terrors of deep darkness.

⁶ I am not afraid of the tens of thousands who have taken positions against me on all sides.

⁵ They were in great fear and panic because God is with the righteous person.

¹ ([Psalm of David]) Jehovah is my light and my salvation. Whom shall I fear? Jehovah is the stronghold of my life. Who is there to be afraid of? ² Evildoers accosted me to tear me to pieces. My opponents and enemies stumbled and fell. ³ Even though an army sets up camp against me, my heart will not be afraid. Even though a war breaks out against me, I will trust in Jehovah. ⁴ I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah’s beauty and search for an answer in his temple.

¹⁹ You crushed us in a place for jackals and covered us with the shadow of death.

¹ ([Sons of Korah]) God is our refuge and strength, a ready help in times of trouble. ² Therefore we will not fear, though the earth should change and though the mountains slip into the heart of the sea. ³ Though its waters roar and foam, though the mountains quake at its arrogance.

¹¹ Jehovah of Hosts is with us! The God of Jacob is our stronghold.

² Jehovah will extend your powerful scepter from Zion. He will say: »Rule in the midst of your enemies.«

⁶ Jehovah is with me, I will not be afraid; what can man do to me?

⁷ Even though I walk into the middle of trouble, you guard my life against the anger of my enemies. You stretch out your hand, and your right hand saves me.

⁹ Be broken, you people. Be terrified. Listen all you distant parts of the earth. Prepare for battle and be terrified. Prepare for battle and be terrified! ¹⁰ Make plans for battle, but they will never succeed. Give orders, but they will not be carried out, because God is with us!

¹⁰ »‘Do not fear for I am with you! Do not be dismayed for I am your God. I will strengthen you and help you. I will uphold you with my righteous right hand.’

¹ Jehovah created Jacob and formed Israel. Jehovah says: »Do not be afraid for I have reclaimed you. I have called you by my name. You are mine. ² »When you go through the sea, I am with you. When you go through rivers, they will not sweep you away. When you walk through fire, you will not be burned, and the flames will not harm you.

⁶ »They did not ask: ‘Where is Jehovah who brought us from Egypt? He led us through the desert, through a wasteland and its pits, a land of drought and the shadow of death. No one lives there or travels there.’

¹⁴ Shepherd your people, the flock of your heritage, with your staff. They dwell alone in the forest in the midst of Carmel. Let them feed in Bashan and Gilead, as in the days of old.

²³ Jehovah of hosts said: »In those days it will come to pass, that ten men out of all the languages of the nations, will take hold of the skirt of the one who is a Jew, saying, We will go with you, for we have heard that God is with you.«

¹⁰ So I took my staff, Beauty, and broke it in pieces that I might break my covenant that I had made with all the peoples.

¹⁴ I broke my other staff in pieces. It was the one I called Bands. That way I broke the brotherhood between Judah and Israel.

²³ »The virgin will become pregnant and give birth to a son, and they will name him Immanuel,« which means: »God (God-like one) is with us.« (John 1:18)

²⁰ »Teach them to observe all the things I have commanded you. Behold, I am with you always, even to the end of the age.«

⁷⁹ »The light will shine on them who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death. It will guide our feet into the way of peace.«

⁹ The Lord said to Paul in the night by a vision: »Do not be afraid, but speak. Do not keep silent! ¹⁰ »I am with you and no man will harm you. I have many people in this city.«

⁵⁵ »O death, where is your sting (power to hurt)? O grave, where is your victory?« ⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks to God, because he gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

²² The Lord be with your spirit (mental disposition) (attitude). Grace be with you.

¹⁶ »He would bring you out of the jaws of distress to a spacious place free from restriction, to the comfort of your table laden with choice food.

⁵ Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. You determine my position in life.

²⁶ Humble (meek) people will eat until they are full. Those who look to Jehovah will praise him. May your heart live forever.

²⁹ All prosperous people on earth will eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust will kneel in front of him, even those who are barely alive.

¹⁹ Your goodness is so great! You reserve it for those who respect you. The sons of men watch as you show it to those who take refuge in you. ²⁰ You hide them in the secret place of your presence from those who scheme against them. You keep them in a secret shelter, safe from quarrelsome tongues.

⁷ You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness. Therefore God, Your God, has anointed you with the oil of joy above your fellows.

¹⁹ Then they spoke against God. They said: Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?

¹⁰ But you exalt my horn (make me as strong) as a wild bull. I have been anointed with soothing lotion.

¹⁵ And wine which makes man's heart glad. That he may make his face shine with oil, and food, which sustains man's heart.

¹³ I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of Jehovah.

⁶ On this mountain Jehovah of Hosts will make a feast of rich food for all peoples, a feast of well-aged wines, of rich food filled with marrow, of well-aged wines strained clear of dregs.

⁶ »You drink wine in bowls, and anoint yourselves with the finest oils. But you are not grieved because of the affliction of Joseph.

¹⁷ »Anoint your head and wash your face.

⁴⁶ »You did not anoint my head with oil. She anointed my feet with ointment.

⁵³ Jesus responded to them: »Truly I tell you if you do not eat the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood you will not have life in yourselves. ⁵⁴ »He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has everlasting life! I will raise him up at the last day. ⁵⁵ »For my flesh is meat indeed, and my blood is drink indeed. ⁵⁶ »He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood abides with me, and I with him.

⁹ »I am the door. If any man enters through me he will be saved. He will go in and out and find pasture. ¹⁰ »The thief comes to steal, and kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.

²² »You have sorrow now. But I will see you again. Your heart will rejoice and no one can take your joy from you.

¹⁶ The cup of blessing we bless, is it not the sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread we break, is it not the sharing of the body of Christ?

²¹ He who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God.

²⁰ Now to him that is able to do far more abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us.

²⁰ You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all know.

²⁷ The anointing (special endowment of Holy Spirit) you received from Him is a part of you (is with you) and you do not need anyone (any human) to teach you. His anointing taught you concerning all things. It is no lie. It is truth, just as you were taught you live through him.

¹¹ You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. It is pleasant to be at your right hand forever.

¹⁵ I will see your face (be in your presence) when I am declared righteous. When I wake up, I will be satisfied to see (perceive) (comprehend) you.

⁴ He asked you for life. You gave him a long life, forever and ever (perpetuity) (long lasting time).

⁴ I have asked one thing from Jehovah. This I will seek: to live in the house of Jehovah all the days of my life, to look at Jehovah’s beauty and search for an answer in his temple.

¹¹ You turned my mourning into dancing. You loosed my sackcloth and girded me with gladness. ¹² Now I sing praise to you. I am not silent! O Jehovah my God, I will give thanks and praise you forever.

⁷ How precious is your loving-kindness, O God! And the children of men put their trust in the shadow of your wings. ⁸ They drink their fill of the abundance of your house. You give them the river of your delights to drink. ⁹ For with you is the fountain (source) of life. In your light we see light. (Jeremiah 2:13) (Acts 17:28) ¹⁰ O continue your kindness and unchanging love to those who know you and your righteousness to the upright in heart.

²⁴ You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward you give me honor (glory). ²⁵ Who have I in heaven but you? I desire none on earth except you. ²⁶ My flesh and my heart fail: God is the strength of my heart, and my portion forever.

¹⁷ But the loving kindness of Jehovah is from everlasting to everlasting on those who reverence him, and his righteousness is to the sons of sons.

¹⁰ God delivered us out of so great a death, and will deliver us. We have set our hope on him. He will deliver us!

¹ We know that if our earthly house (human body) (habitation of life) is destroyed; we have a building from God. It is an everlasting house in the heavens, not made with human hands.

²³ I am hard pressed between the two. I have the desire to depart and be with Christ for it is far better.

¹⁸ The Lord will deliver me from every evil work. He will save me to his heavenly kingdom. To him is the glory forever and ever. Amen.