The Nightingale of the Psalms

  The little twenty-third psalm, which has spoken to the hearts of millions, expresses Jehovah in every line, and is a latent transcript of the Ineffable Name:

(1)  The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want - JEHOVAH  JIREH.

(2)  He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth me beside the still 
          waters - JEHOVAH SHALOM.

(3)  He restoreth my soul. - JEHOVAH ROPHI.

(4)  He leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for His name's sake
  - JEHOVAH TSIDKENU.

(5)  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
               - JEHOVAH SHAMMAH.

  (6)  Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies
                 - JEHOVAH NISSI.

  (7)  Thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over
                 - JEHOVAH MEQADDISHKHEM.

   So all is clinched and clenched in the Name at last revealed:

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of JEHOVAH for ever--I AM: in the future as in the past, the same yesterday, today, and forever.

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