Psalm 23:6

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 23:6

(6) 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 treat this even as figurative of membership in the Divine family. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:4 We have always associated the word 'rod' with chastisement. Herein we have deprived ourselves grievously of great comfort. Will the preachers collate the passages in which the word 'rod' occurs? they will find material there for a never-ending course of lectures, full of sap and encouragement and profitable gladness. I. 'And the Lord said unto Moses, Take the rod.' Even Moses was nothing without the sign; Moses, greatest, strongest of lion-hearts, was only a layman when he had no... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:1-6THE 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 suppose that the speaker is the personified nation chills the whole. The tone is too intense not to be the outcome of personal experience, however admissible the application to the nation may be as secondary. No doubt Jehovah is the Shepherd of Israel in several Asaphite psalms and in Jeremiah; but,... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:0 Christ, the Great Shepherd 1. Assurance (Psalms 23:1-3 ) 2. Comfort (Psalms 23:4-6 ) Psalms 1:1-6 ; Psalms 2:1-12 ; Psalms 3:1-8 . Well has it been said “without Psalms 22:1-31 , there could be no Twenty-third Psalm.” While the former Psalm reveals Christ as the good Shepherd, who gives His life for the sheep, this Psalm makes Him known as the great Shepherd of the sheep, whom the God of Peace hath brought again from the dead, through the blood of the everlasting covenant... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - Psalms 23:6

23:6 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 fear and service of God. read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 18:0 A song of victory. It opens with ejaculatory expressions of triumph for deliverance. All nature is described as convulsed when the Almighty presses to the rescue. The next division is meditation on the principles involved, the whole closing with a further outburst of triumph and confidence. 2 Samuel 22:0 is a copy of this ode saying a few variations, and the student is referred to our treatment of it at that place. Psalms 19:0 God’s revelation in the world and in the Word. We have a... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Psalms 23:1-6

Psalms 23:0 [Note. Some think that this psalm was written by David in the early days of innocence; but against this view Psa 23:5 is quoted. Besides, it is doubted whether any youth could have had an experience so rich and large. Common opinion assigns the psalm to David. The images of the shepherd watching over his flock, and of the banquet where Jehovah presides over the just, are familiar in Hebrew poetry. It has been said that the mention of the House of Jehovah appears to be decisive... read more

Robert Hawker

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

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 the Holy Ghost as his Comforter. Jesus and his Holy Spirit have gone before, like the pillar of the cloud, have surrounded, followed, and compassed, us about as a shield; and therefore, in the experience of all that is past, the believer finds confidence for all that is to come. It is Jesus, who is... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Psalms 23:6

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 (marginal note, God of ) Jacob. Selah. (Haydock) --- Thus they intimate that the Hebrew is imperfect. All the preceding virtues belong to Jesus Christ, who obtained mercy for us. The generation of Adam multiplied, (Genesis v. 1.) and soon forgot the Lord: but it shall not be so with the disciples of... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 23:1-6

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 believers have in the goodness, love, and grace of God and of their Savior Jesus Christ, brought out all the more strongly since it is spoken in the name of each individual Christian. v. 1. The Lord, Jehovah, the God of grace and faithfulness, the Redeemer of mankind, not only God the Father,... read more

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