KJV King James Version
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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Psalm 23:5
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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BSB Berean Standard Bible
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
WEB World English Bible
You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
ASV American Standard Version
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Thou arrangest before me a table, Over-against my adversaries, Thou hast anointed with oil my head, My cup is full!
Surrounding context — Psalm 23
2 He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters.
3 He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name’s sake.
4 Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou [art] with me; thy rod and thy staff they comfort me.
5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
6 Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.
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תַּעֲרֹ֬ךְH6186 · a.rakhto arrangeלְפָנַ֨י׀H6440 · pa.nehface: beforeשֻׁלְחָ֗ןH7979 · shul.chantableנֶ֥גֶדH5048 · ne.gedbeforeצֹרְרָ֑יH6887 · tsa.rarto confineדִּשַּׁ֖נְתָּH1878 · da.shento prosperבַשֶּׁ֥מֶןH8081 · she.menoilרֹ֝אשִׁ֗יH7218 · roshheadכּוֹסִ֥יH3563 · koscupרְוָיָֽה׃H7310 · re.va.yahabundance
Cross-references
Ephesians 3:20Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think, according to the power that worketh in us,Psalm 92:10But my horn shalt thou exalt like [the horn of] an unicorn: I shall be anointed with fresh oil.Psalm 45:7Thou lovest righteousness, and hatest wickedness: therefore God, thy God, hath anointed thee with the oil of gladness above thy fellows.Psalm 16:5The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.1 John 2:20But ye have an unction from the Holy One, and ye know all things.Psalm 31:19-20[Oh] how great [is] thy goodness, which thou hast laid up for them that fear thee; [which] thou hast wrought for them that trust in thee before the sons of men!Job 36:16Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait [into] a broad place, where [there is] no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table [should be] full of fatness.1 John 2:27But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you, and ye need not that any man teach you: but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth, and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him.2 Corinthians 1:21Now he which stablisheth us with you in Christ, and hath anointed us, [is] God;Isaiah 25:6And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.1 Corinthians 10:16The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ?Psalm 22:26The meek shall eat and be satisfied: they shall praise the LORD that seek him: your heart shall live for ever.John 10:9-10I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and find pasture.John 16:22And ye now therefore have sorrow: but I will see you again, and your heart shall rejoice, and your joy no man taketh from you.Psalm 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.Psalm 78:19Yea, they spake against God; they said, Can God furnish a table in the wilderness?Psalm 104:15And wine [that] maketh glad the heart of man, [and] oil to make [his] face to shine, and bread [which] strengtheneth man’s heart.John 6:53-56Then Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except ye eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink his blood, ye have no life in you.
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