¿WHAT IS IN PSALM 23?
Salmos 23
23 Jehovah is my shepherd; I will lack nothing.
2 In places of delicate pastures it will make me rest;
Beside still waters will shepherd me.
3 It will comfort my soul;
He will guide me through paths of justice for the love of his name.
4 Though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death,
I will fear no evil, because you will be with me;
Your rod and staff will give me breath.
5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my troublemakers;
You anoint my head with oil; my cup is overflowing.
6 Surely good and mercy will follow me all the days of my life,
And I will dwell in the house of Jehovah for long days.
(RVR1960)...
Psalm 23 is a pastoral psalm that reflects absolute trust in God and in him there is a tool of total cleansing for all those who believe in him and seek him with faith and trust
Each of the words outlined here represents motivation and hope in this life and shows various profound promises for all who believe and seek him with all their hearts.
David begins by saying that Jehovah is the good shepherd and that he will lack nothing since he gave his life for the sheep and continues recounting all the characteristics of this powerful psalm that comforts the soul.
In this psalm we can find: provision, rest, freshness, spiritual healing, orientation, motivation, tribulation, protection, discipline, hope, abundance, security and eternity.
Breaking down each of the present characteristics we have:
"I will lack nothing" means that God is our total provision, He fully provides us with everything we need according to his riches in glory
"He will shepherd me in places of delicate pastures" means that God will give us rest, in the book of Matthew 11:28 we find Jesus' call for man to receive rest
"Come to me all you who are worked and loaded, and I will make you rest" which means that only in God we can find rest and peace for our soul
"Along with rest waters he will shepherd me" means that He will give us freshness even in the midst of storms, God is our rest in any situation
Isaiah 43: 2
"When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and if by the rivers, they will not flood you; when you pass through the fire, you will not be burned, nor will the flame burn you."
"It will comfort my soul" means that God is our spiritual healing, it means that He will comfort the anxious or discouraged soul filling all human need which will be with us in pain and sadness in sorrows or joys and will strengthen us in times of anguish and tribulation
"Even though I walk in the valley of the shadow of death" means that even though we are going through tribulations, God will encourage and strengthen us and give us strength in the midst of the process.
"I will fear no evil" means that God is our protector, he is our true protection
<Psalms 46: 1
God is our shelter and our strength,
our safe help in moments of anguish.
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"Your rod and your staff will give me breath" means that He directs us, he corrects us and his word disciplines us, God is our greatest guide in all our way
"You prepare tables in front of my distressers" means that it is also our hope
<Psalms 119: 114
You are my hiding place and my shield;
I have placed my hope in your word.
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"Anoint my head with oil, my cup is overflowing" here the psalmist describes that God is his abundance, because the one who has God has everything and continues saying: "certainly good and mercy will follow me every day of my life
The key to finding provision is the presence of God in our lives
"which means that He will bless us with every heavenly and spiritual blessing and will bless us with peace every day of our lives