John Trapp on Psalms 23:3

Verſ. 3.De nat. Animal. lib. 9 He reſtoreth my Soul] He reduceth me, when like a loſt ſheep I have gone aſtray, Pſa. 119.176. A Sheep, ſaith Ariſtotle, is a fooliſh and ſluggiſh Creature. Et omenium quadrupedum ſtupidiſſimum, apteſt of any thing to wander, though it [illegible: 1 word] no want, and unableſt to return. The Oxe knoweth his owner, and the Aſſe his Maſters crib. Swine in a ſtorm run home, and at night will make to the trough; But a ſheep can make no ſhift to ſave it ſelf from tempeſts or inundations; there it ſtands and will periſh, if not driven away by the ſhepheard. Loe ſuch a ſilly ſhiftleſſe thing is man left to himſelf. But bleſſed be God for a Chriſt that beſt of Shepheards, who reſtoreth the loſt ſoul, and maketh it to return into the right way, giving it reſt, and cauſing it to ſerve Him without fear in holineſſe and righteouſneſſe, Luk. 1.74.

Hee leadeth mee in the paths of Righteouſneſs] Or, In plain ſmooth eaſie paths, or ſheep-tracks, wherein I may walk unweariably, unblameably, without ceſſation or ceſpitation. The wayes of ſin are craggy, crooked, full of errour, and terrour, leading to thoſe precipices that tend to deſtruction. From ſuch ſtand off, ſaith Chriſt to his ſheep, who are all rationall, and will bee ruled by him, Joh. 10.

For his Names ſake] i.e. Of his free grace, and for his meer mercy-ſake. Otherwiſe, hee would never do us any of theſe good offices, but let us alone to periſh in our own corruptions.