Psalms 23:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.c ”

Psalms 23:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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...
Psalms 23:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

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 th...
Psalms 23:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XXIII. Yahweh as Shepherd ( Psalms 23:1-4 ) and Host ( Psalms 23:5 f .). Psalms 23:2 b. waters of rest as in mg. Psalms 23:3 . Read, right paths: the metaphor is still maintained....
Psalms 23:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

mercy . lovingkindness, or grace. follow . = follow after, or closely. In Hebrew present put for future. for ever . evermore. Hebrew "to length of days".
Psalms 23:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Psalms 23:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

DISCOURSE: 528 DAVID’S CONFIDENCE IN GOD Psalms 23:1-6 . 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 restoret...
Psalms 23:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Goodness and mercy shall follow me - As I pass on through the vale of life, thy...
Psalms 23:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 w...
Psalms 23:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 23:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

This is a Ps. of simple and unclouded confidence in God, who is described first as a shepherd ( Psalms 23:1-4 ) and next as an host ( Psalms 23:5-6 ). The beautiful imagery of the first part would be...
Psalms 23:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

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 comment...
Psalms 23:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 23:1-6 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. T...
Psalms 23:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Song of the Good Shepherd Psalms 23:1-6 A sabbatic rest breathes through this psalm, the children's favorite; while the oldest and holiest confess that it touches an experience which still...
Psalms 23:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 23:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 23:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 22 Proper Psalm for Good Friday ( Morning ). Psalms 22, 23 = Day 4 ( Evening ).
Psalms 23:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
Psalms 23:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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,...
Psalms 23:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 si...
Psalms 23:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Divine Shepherd. A psalm of David. 1 The L ORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. 2 He maketh me to lie down...
Psalms 23:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 readin...
Psalms 23:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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...
Psalms 23:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

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. Th...
Psalms 23:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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;...
Psalms 23:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Psalms 23:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

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...
Psalms 23:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Psalms 23:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 a...
Psalms 23:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Corinthians 1:10 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; 2 Timothy 4:18 ; Philippians 1:23 ; Psalms 103:17 ; Psalms 16:11 ; Psalms 17:15 ; Psalms 21:4 ; Psalms 30:11 ; Psalms 30:12 ; Psalms 36:7-10 ; Psa...
Psalms 23:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Shepherd Psalm Psalms 23:1-6 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 23:1-6 , we have read b...

Psalms 23:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 23:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Charles Simeon's Horae Homileticae

Psalms 23:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 23:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 23:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 23:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 23:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 23:6 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 23:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 23:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 23:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 23:6 - Wells of Living Water Commentary