Psalms 23:5

God sets a lavish table before the psalmist in the presence of enemies, anointing him and filling his cup to overflowing. God's abundant favor triumphs over opposition.

Cross-references · 22

• Eph 3:20Now to him who is able to do exceedingly abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that works in us,
• Ps 92:10But you have exalted my horn like that of the wild ox. I am anointed with fresh oil.
• Ps 45:7You have loved righteousness, and hated wickedness. Therefore God, your God, has anointed you with the oil of gladness above your fellows.
• Ps 16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
• 1 Jn 2:20You have an anointing from the Holy One, and you all have knowledge.
• Ps 31:19–20Oh how great is your goodness, which you have laid up for those who fear you, which you have worked for those who take refuge in you, before the sons of men!
• Job 36:16Yes, he would have allured you out of distress, into a wide place, where there is no restriction. That which is set on your table would be full of fatness.
• 1 Jn 2:27As for you, the anointing which you received from him remains in you, and you don’t need for anyone to teach you. But as his anointing teaches you concerning all things, and is true, and is no lie, and even as it taught you, you will remain in him.
• 2 Cor 1:21Now he who establishes us with you in Christ, and anointed us, is God;
• Isa 25:6In this mountain, Yahweh of Armies will make all peoples a feast of choice meat, a feast of choice wines, of choice meat full of marrow, of well refined choice wines.
• 1 Cor 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, isn’t it a sharing of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, isn’t it a sharing of the body of Christ?
• Ps 22:26The humble shall eat and be satisfied. They shall praise Yahweh who seek after him. Let your hearts live forever.
• John 10:9–10I am the door. If anyone enters in by me, he will be saved, and will go in and go out, and will find pasture.
• John 16:22Therefore you now have sorrow, but I will see you again, and your heart will rejoice, and no one will take your joy away from you.
• Ps 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
• Ps 78:19Yes, they spoke against God. They said, “Can God prepare a table in the wilderness?
• Ps 104:15wine that makes glad the heart of man, oil to make his face to shine, and bread that strengthens man’s heart.
• John 6:53–56Jesus therefore said to them, “Most certainly I tell you, unless you eat the flesh of the Son of Man and drink his blood, you don’t have life in yourselves.
• Luke 7:46You didn’t anoint my head with oil, but she has anointed my feet with ointment.
• Amos 6:6who drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the best oils; but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
• Ps 22:29All the rich ones of the earth shall eat and worship. All those who go down to the dust shall bow before him, even he who can’t keep his soul alive.
• Matt 6:17But you, when you fast, anoint your head, and wash your face;

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