Psalms 23:5 BSB — MannaFest

Psalms 23:5

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

BSB

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ASV

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.

KJV

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

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Commentary

5 voices

Ambrose of Milan

Commentaries on the Twelve Davidic Psalms (397)

"You have prepared a banquet in my sight." This banquet consists of the living Bread, the Word of God. At this banquet there is the oil of sanctification, poured richly over the head of the just. This oil strengthens the inner senses. It does away with the oil of the sinner that fattens the head. In this banquet, too, you have the cup that inebriates: "how excellent" it is, or "how powerful," for the Greek has kratiston, meaning most mighty, strong or powerful. Surely it is a powerful cup that washes away every stain of sin.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

His table was not spread with any thing that came next to hand, but prepared, and prepared before him. (3.) That he was not stinted, was not straitened, but had abundance: " My cup runs over, enough for myself and my friends too." (4.) That he had not only for necessity, but for ornament and delight: Thou anointest my head with oil.

The Nineteenth Century3 voices

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Treasury of David, Vol. 1 (1869)

"Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies." The good man has his enemies. He would not be like his Lord if he had not. If we were without enemies we might fear that we were not the friends of God, for the friendship of the world is enmity to God. Yet see the quietude of the godly man in spite of, and in the sight of, his enemies. How refreshing is his calm bravery! "Thou preparest a table before me."

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 1222: “The Overflowing Cup” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1875)

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְ	ta.'a.Rokh	you arrange	H6186 →
לְפָנַ֨י׀	le.fa.Nai	<to> before me	H6440 →
שֻׁלְחָ֗ן	shul.Chan	a table	H7979 →
נֶ֥גֶד	Ne.ged	before	H5048 →
צֹרְרָ֑י	tzo.re.Rai	opposers my	H6887 →
דִּשַּׁ֖נְתָּ	di.Shan.ta	you have refreshed	H1878 →
בַשֶּׁ֥מֶן	va.She.men	with <the> oil	H8081 →
רֹ֝אשִׁ֗י	ro.Shi	head my	H7218 →
כּוֹסִ֥י	ko.Si	cup my	H3563 →
רְוָיָֽה׃	re.va.Yah	[is] saturation	H7310 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Ephesians 3:20
Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine, according to His power that is at work within us,
leads to
- 2 Corinthians 9:8
  And God is able to make all grace abound to you, so that in all things, at all times, having all that you need, you will abound in every good work.
- Romans 4:21
  being fully persuaded that God was able to do what He had promised.
- Jeremiah 32:27
  “Behold, I am the LORD, the God of all flesh. Is anything too difficult for Me?
- Jude 1:24
  Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- 1 Corinthians 2:9
  Rather, as it is written: “No eye has seen, no ear has heard, no heart has imagined, what God has prepared for those who love Him.”
Through
Psalms 45:7
You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, your God, has anointed you above your companions with the oil of joy.
leads to
- Hebrews 1:9
  You have loved righteousness and hated wickedness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You above Your companions with the oil of joy.”
Through
Psalms 16:5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
leads to
- Psalms 73:26
  My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Through
Psalms 92:10
But You have exalted my horn like that of a wild ox; with fine oil I have been anointed.
leads to
- Psalms 89:17
  For You are the glory of their strength, and by Your favor our horn is exalted.

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01Commentary

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02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

05Featured studies on this passage

06About Psalms

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

Featured studies on this passage

About Psalms