Psalms 23:2

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Translations sourced from the public-domain WEB, KJV, and ASV. See all sources.

“He makes me lie down in green pastures. He leads me beside still waters.”

— WEB

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

— KJV

“He maketh me to lie down in green pastures; He leadeth me beside still waters.”

— ASV

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Commentary

green pastures--or, "pastures of tender grass," are mentioned, not in respect to food, but as places of cool and refreshing rest. the still waters--are, literally, "waters of "stillness," whose quiet flow invites to repose. They are contrasted with boisterous streams on the one hand, and stagnant, offensive pools on the other.

— Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (public domain)

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