what does the bible say about my cup runneth over
My Cup Runneth Over
This phrase , in Hebrew כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה ( kōsî rəwāyāh ) , is translated in the traditionally used King James Version as my cup runneth over . Newer translations of the phrase include `` my cup overflows '' and `` my cup is completely full . '' The 23rd psalm , in which this phrase appears , uses the image of God as a shepherd and the believer as a sheep well cared - for . Julian Morgenstern has suggested that the word translated as `` cup '' could contain a double meaning : both a `` cup '' in the normal sense of the word , and a shallow trough from which one would give water to a sheep . Other interpreters have suggested that verses 5 and 6 of Psalm 23 do not carry forward the `` shepherd '' metaphor begun in verse 1 , but that these two verses are set in some other , entirely human , setting . Andrew Arterbury and William Bellinger read these verses as providing a metaphor of God as a host , displaying hospitality to a human being . Thus , alongside other actions in Psalm 23 , such as preparing a table , and anointing one 's guest with oil , providing a full or even overflowing cup for him to drink from can be read as an illustration of God 's generosity to the Psalmist . 
This phrase , in Hebrew כּוֹסִי רְוָיָה ( kōsî rəwāyāh ) , is translated in the traditionally used King James Version as my cup runneth over . Newer translations of the phrase include `` my cup overflows '' and `` my cup is completely full . '' The 23rd psalm , in which this phrase appears , uses the image of God as a shepherd and the believer as a sheep well cared - for . Julian Morgenstern has suggested that the word translated as `` cup '' could contain a double meaning : both a `` cup '' in the normal sense of the word , and a shallow trough from which one would give water to a sheep . Other interpreters have suggested that verses 5 and 6 of Psalm 23 do not carry forward the `` shepherd '' metaphor begun in verse 1 , but that these two verses are set in some other , entirely human , setting . Andrew Arterbury and William Bellinger read these verses as providing a metaphor of God as a host , displaying hospitality to a human being . Thus , alongside other actions in Psalm 23 , such as preparing a table , and anointing one 's guest with oil , providing a full or even overflowing cup for him to drink from can be read as an illustration of God 's generosity to the Psalmist .
The 23rd psalm, in which this phrase appears, uses the image of God as a shepherd and the believer as a sheep well cared - for.  Andrew Arterbury and William Bellinger read these verses as providing a metaphor of God as a host, displaying hospitality to a human being.  Thus, providing a full or even overflowing cup for him to drink from can be read as an illustration of God's generosity to the Psalmist.
The 23rd psalm , in which this phrase appears , uses the image of God as a shepherd and the believer as a sheep well cared - for . Andrew Arterbury and William Bellinger read these verses as providing a metaphor of God as a host , displaying hospitality to a human being . Thus , alongside other actions in Psalm 23 , such as preparing a table , and anointing one 's guest with oil , providing a full or even overflowing cup for him to drink from can be read as an illustration of God 's generosity to the Psalmist .