Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 23:3

“He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.”

Psalms 23:3 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 23:3, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 23. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

1 The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want.

2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.

3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.

4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.

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

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Isaiah 42:16And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things …
  • Psalms 31:3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
  • Psalms 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
  • Psalms 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
  • Psalms 143:8Cause me to hear thy lovingkindness in the morning; for in thee do I trust: cause me to know the way wherein I should walk; for I lift up my soul unto thee.
  • Psalms 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
  • Psalms 51:12Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
  • Job 33:30To bring back his soul from the pit, to be enlightened with the light of the living.
  • Proverbs 8:20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
  • Revelation 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
  • Proverbs 4:11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
  • Psalms 79:9Help us, O God of our salvation, for the glory of thy name: and deliver us, and purge away our sins, for thy name’s sake.
  • Micah 7:18Who is a God like unto thee, that pardoneth iniquity, and passeth by the transgression of the remnant of his heritage? he retaineth not his anger for ever, because he delighteth in mercy.
  • Psalms 85:13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.