Daily Devotional
The Book of Psalms 23:3
My
soul he bringeth, or, will bring back, namely, from its errors or
wanderings.
The
Tanack – JPS Translation – Ed. 1950
No
creature is more ready to go astray than a sheep, or more at a loss
to find its way back. And all we like sheep have gone astray, and are
still too prone so to do; to leave the right way of truth and duty,
and to turn aside into by-paths. But when God shows us our errors,
gives us repentance, and brings us back to our duty again, he
restores our souls; and if he did not do so, we would wander
endlessly and be undone. He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness:
In the plain, straight, and safe paths, in which the sheep of the
Lord’s pasture are neither hurt, nor wearied, nor in danger of
wandering. By his word and his providence he directs me to the right
ways of truth and holiness, and by his Spirit he inclines and enables
me to choose those ways, and to continue to walk therein; for his
name’s sake: Not for any merit in me, but merely for the
demonstration and glory of his mercy, faithfulness, and goodness.
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