He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
Parallel translations
- WEB He restores my soul. He guides me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
- BSB He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
- NKJV He restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness For His name’s sake.
- NASB He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness For the sake of His name.
- NLT He renews my strength. He guides me along right paths, bringing honor to his name.
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Quick answer
God restores the soul and leads in righteous paths for his name's sake. He renews and rightly guides his people for his own glory.
Overview
The Lord revives the weary soul and directs his sheep along right paths, doing so to uphold his own honor. God's guidance is not merely practical but moral, leading his people in righteousness. This restoration finds its fullest meaning in Christ, who renews the fallen and leads them in the way of holiness by his Spirit, all to the glory of his name.
Cross-references & the web
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- Isa 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 will I do unto them, and not forsake them.
- Ps 31:3For thou art my rock and my fortress; therefore for thy name’s sake lead me, and guide me.
- Ps 19:7The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
- Ps 51:10Create in me a clean heart, O God; and renew a right spirit within me.
- Ps 143:8–10Cause 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.
- Ps 5:8Lead me, O LORD, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
- Ps 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.
- Prov 8:20I lead in the way of righteousness, in the midst of the paths of judgment:
- Rev 3:19As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten: be zealous therefore, and repent.
- Prov 4:11I have taught thee in the way of wisdom; I have led thee in right paths.
- Ps 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.
- Mic 7:18–19Who 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.
- Ps 85:13Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
- Ps 85:4–7Turn us, O God of our salvation, and cause thine anger toward us to cease.
- Ps 119:176I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.
- Ezek 20:14But I wrought for my name’s sake, that it should not be polluted before the heathen, in whose sight I brought them out.
- Hos 14:4–9I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
- Jer 32:37–42Behold, I will gather them out of all countries, whither I have driven them in mine anger, and in my fury, and in great wrath; and I will bring them again unto this place, and I will cause them to dwell safely:
- Jer 31:8Behold, I will bring them from the north country, and gather them from the coasts of the earth, and with them the blind and the lame, the woman with child and her that travaileth with child together: a great company shall return thither.
- Ps 34:3O magnify the LORD with me, and let us exalt his name together.
- Mic 7:8–9Rejoice not against me, O mine enemy: when I fall, I shall arise; when I sit in darkness, the LORD shall be a light unto me.
- Eph 1:6To the praise of the glory of his grace, wherein he hath made us accepted in the beloved.
- Luke 22:31–32And the Lord said, Simon, Simon, behold, Satan hath desired to have you, that he may sift you as wheat:
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