Translations
He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake.
My nephesh He restores; He guides me along well-worn tracks of rightness for the sake of His Name.
He restores my very being; He leads me in paths of righteousness for the glory of His Name.
He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.
Footnotes
Nephesh (נֶפֶשׁ) cannot simply be rendered 'soul' without loss—it denotes the whole animate self, rooted in the word for throat, the seat of hunger, breath, and longing. To restore the nephesh is to revive a depleted person from the inside out. F.O.G. retains nephesh; F.O.G.M. uses 'very being' to signal depth rather than mere disembodied spirit. Ma'aglei-tzedeq (מַעְגְּלֵי־צֶדֶק) literally means 'wheel-ruts of rightness'—the grooved tracks worn by repeated faithful travel, not abstract moral corridors. F.O.G.'s 'well-worn tracks' preserves the physicality; F.O.G.M.'s 'paths of righteousness' captures the covenantal-moral dimension.

