Psa. 23:6. "I will dwell," etc. Being there not merely as a servant, or as a guest kindly entertained for a little while, but as a child adopted into the family. For, as Christ says, "The Son abideth in the house for ever."
Verse Psalms 23:6. _GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME_] As I pass on through the vale of life, thy goodness and mercy shall follow my every step; as I proceed, so shall they. There seems to be an al...
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME - God will bestow them upon me. This is the “result” of what is stated in the previous verses. The effect of God’s merciful dealings with him had been to lead...
Psalms 23 Christ, the Great Shepherd _ 1. Assurance (Psalms 23:1)_ 2. Comfort (Psalms 23:4) Psalms 1:1;...
XXIII. YAHWEH AS SHEPHERD (PSALMS 23:1) AND HOST (PSALMS 23:5_ F_.). Psalms 23:2_ b._ waters of rest as in _mg._ Psalms 23:3
MERCY. lovingkindness, or grace. FOLLOW. = follow after, or closely. In Hebrew present put for future. FOR EVER. evermore. Hebrew "to length of days"....
The figure is changed. Jehovah is now described as the host who bountifully entertains the Psalmist at his table, and provides him with a lodging in his own house, as Oriental monarchs entertained tho...
_Surely_ Or, as R.V. marg., only. Nothing but goodness and mercy _shall pursue me_. What a contrast to the lot of the wicked man, pursued by the angel of judgment (Psalms 35:6), hunted by calamity (Ps...
DISCOURSE: 528 DAVID’S CONFIDENCE IN GOD Psalms 23:1. The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul...
AND I WILL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER— i.e. "In return to thee for these thy favours and blessings, I will be as constantly in the tabernacle at the hours of divine service, as if it were...
PSALMS 23 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE The All-Sufficiency of Jehovah. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 23:1-3 a, As Shepherd; Stanza II., Psalms 23:3 b,...
_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._ Surely goodness, х_ 'AK_ (H389)] - rather, 'only;' i:e., nothing but goodness....
23:6 Surely (f-1) Or 'Only.'...
This is a Ps. of simple and unclouded confidence in God, who is described first as a shepherd (Psalms 23:1) and next as an host (Psalms 23:5). The beautiful imagery of the first part would be natural...
GOODNESS and MERCY, like two angels, 'pursue' the Psalmist, determined, as it were, to run him down. FOR EVER] lit. 'for length of days,' referring to prolonged earthly life rather than to life beyond...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
I WILL DWELL. — As the text stands it must be translated _I will return_ (_and abide_)_ in the house of Jehovah._ THE HOUSE OF THE LORD can hardly be anything but the Temple; though some commentators...
אַ֤ךְ ׀ טֹ֤וב וָ חֶ֣סֶד יִ֭רְדְּפוּנִי כָּל ־
Psalms 23:1 THE world could spare many a large book better than this sunny little psalm. It has dried many tears and supplied the mould into which many hearts have poured their peaceful faith. To supp...
THE SONG OF THE GOOD SHEPHERD Psalms 23:1 A sabbatic rest breathes through this psalm, the children's favorite; while the oldest and holiest confess that it touches an experience which still lies _b...
In the Messianic application this psalm properly follows that in which the work of the Christ as Saviour is portrayed. It is to those whom He has won through His passion that He becomes known as the S...
Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the (g) house of the LORD for ever. (g) He does not set his happiness in the pleasures of this world, but in the...
PSALM XXIII. (DOMINI EST TERRA.) Who they are that shall ascend to heaven: Christ's triumphant ascension thither. The face. Hebrew, "Thy face, O Jacob, always." (St. Jerome) --- Protestants (margina...
Blessed conclusion to a blessed frame of mind, when a soul is well founded in the covenant righteousness of God his Saviour; can look up to God as his Father, Jesus as his never-failing Shepherd, and...
Psalms 22 _ Proper Psalm for Good Friday_ (_Morning_). PSALMS 22, 23 = _ Day 4_ (_Evening_)....
6._Surely goodness and mercy. _Having recounted the blessings which God had bestowed upon him, he now expresses his undoubted persuasion of the continuance of them to the end of his life. But whence p...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS PSALMS 23 AND 24. Psalms 23, 24 go in a certain sense by themselves, giving the perfect confidence in the Shepherd, Jehovah, founded on the experience of what He is in...
SURELY GOODNESS AND MERCY SHALL FOLLOW ME,.... Either the free grace, love, favour, and mercy of God in Christ, which endures continually, and is always the same from everlasting to everlasting; or th...
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. Ver. 6. _Surely goodness and mercy, &c._] _Utique bonitas et beneficentia,_ or,...
_Surely goodness and mercy_ That is, God's favour, and the blessed and comfortable effects of it; _shall follow me_ Hebrew, ירדפוני, _jirdepuni, shall pursue me_, by which emphatical expression he sig...
Surely goodness and mercy, the greatest good fortune in the possession of the grace of Jehovah, SHALL FOLLOW ME ALL THE DAYS OF MY LIFE, in everything pertaining to both body and soul the way of the L...
JEHOVAH THE GOOD SHEPHERD. A psalm of David, a hymn written by David by the inspiration of the Holy Ghost, an expression not only of David's personal faith and trust, but of the confidence which all...
FOREVER: _ Heb._ to length of days...
GOODNESS AND MERCY, i.e. God's favour, and the blessed and comfortable effects and benefits of it. SHALL FOLLOW ME; by which emphatical expression he signifies God's admirable freeness and readiness t...
Psalms 23:6 goodness H2896 mercy H2617 follow H7291 (H8799) days H3117 life H2416 dwell H3427 (H8804) house...
‘Surely goodness and lovingkindness will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of YHWH for ever.' And accompanying the shepherd are His two faithful ‘sheepdogs', ‘Goodness''...
Psalms 23:6 _(with Isaiah 52:12)_ These two passages are the expression by different men, in different ages, of the same religious confidence, namely, confidence in an unseen Presence shielding from...
Psalms 23:4 I. David's refuge in the valley of the shadow of death was faith in God, the ever-near. David had entered the valley of the shadow of death of the heart. He had been betrayed, insulted, ex...
Psalms 23 This Psalm falls into two halves, in both of which the same general thought of God's guardian care is presented, though under different illustrations, and with some variety of detail. The f...
I hope we all know this Psalm by heart, may we also know it by heart-experience! It is a sweet pastoral song just suited to our Sabbath evening worship. There is here no din of arms, no noise of war;...
CONTENTS: David sees Jehovah as his good shepherd. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Jehovah is with (Psalms 23:1) under (Psalms 23:2) beside (Psalms 23:2) after ...
VERSE. 2. _The still waters._ The refreshing or abundant waters; the waters of Shiloh, which flow softly. Psalms 23:3. _He restoreth my soul._ Symmachus reads ανεκτησατο με, he refreshes me, or renov...
_Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me._ A GOOD MAN’S THOUGHTS IN HIS OLD AGE The Psalm itself consists of two pictures--what we call “the shepherd,” and what we should not err in calling “the ki...
_The Lord is my Shepherd._ EXEGESIS OF THE PSALM This Psalm, so personal and tender in its tone, may be called a lyric; and its reference to shepherd life makes it a pastoral; and being such, it beco...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 23:1. This psalm describes God in two ways: as the Shepherd who cares for the sheep (vv. Psalms 23:1), and as the Host who cares for his guest
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 23:5 PREPARE A TABLE. The psalm now describes the faithful person as God’s guest at a meal. The ENEMIES are powerless to prevent the enjoyment of God’s generous hospitality. For a...
INTRODUCTION “The king who had been the shepherd-boy, and had been taken from the quiet sheepcotes to rule over Israel, sings this little psalm of Him who is the true Shepherd and King of men. We do n...
EXPOSITION THIS little psalm is an idyll of great beauty, describing the peace and calm delight which dwell with one whose trust is wholly in God. David's authorship, asserted in the title, is highly...
Psa 23:1-6, the prayer of David, or a psalm of David, rather. And it is a psalm in which he sees God in three aspects. He sees God first as a shepherd; secondly as a guide; and thirdly as a host. Ther...
2 Corinthians 1:10; 2 Corinthians 5:1; 2 Timothy 4:18; Philippians 1:23;...
THE SHEPHERD PSALM Psalms 23:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS It is the purpose of today's study to throw us more completely into the arms of the Living God. Our chapter, Psalms 23:1, we have read because it b...