Psalm 23
Week 6: Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me
1THE LORD is my Shepherd, I shall not lack.
2 He makes me lie down in green pastures; He leads me beside peaceful waters.
3He refreshes and restores my soul; He leads me in the paths of righteousness—[not for my earning it, but] for His name's sake.
4Yes, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for You are with me; Your rod and Your staff, they comfort me.
5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
6 Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life, and I will live in the house of the LORD forever. Psalm 23:1-6
Surely your goodness and unfailing love will pursue me all the days of my life. Psalm 23:6a
Surely: 389 ak: certainly; only; truly: Affirmation (Yes)
The Thesaurus: beyond a shadow of a doubt; definitely; absolutely; most assuredly; unquestionably; irrefutably; unfailingly; without any doubt; with absolute assurance; with certainty; with confidence; in every situation and in all events
2 Corinthians 1:20 (New Century Version)
20 The yes to all of God's promises is in Christ, and through Christ we say yes to the glory of God.
Goodness: 2896 towb: favor; gladness; abundance; grace; kindness; prosperity
Unfailing love or mercy: 2617 checed: merciful loving kindness.
Follow or pursue: 7291 radaph: to run after; to chase; follow after as on a hunt; pursue
Surely
Psalm 5:12 (New International Version)
12 For surely, O LORD, you bless the righteous;
you surround them with your favor as with a shield.
Goodness: favor, grace, abundance, gladness, kindness, prosperity
Psalm 31:19 (New Living Translation)
19 How great is the goodness
you have stored up for those who fear you.
You lavish it on those who come to you for protection,
blessing them before the watching world.
You have given your goodness to those who trust you. You do this for all to see (NCV)
Unfailing love: merciful loving kindness
Psalm 118
Psalm 52:8
But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in God's unfailing love forever and ever
Psalm 130:7
Put your hope in the LORD, for with the LORD is unfailing love and with him is full redemption.
Isaiah 54:9-11 (New International Version)
9 "To me this is like the days of Noah,
when I swore that the waters of Noah would never again cover the earth.
So now I have sworn not to be angry with you,
never to rebuke you again.
10 Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,"
says the LORD, who has compassion on you.