One Hebrew verb at the end of Psalm 23 changes everything. Goodness and lovingkindness do not follow you. They pursue you. Today we hear the whole letter.

In this letter

- The opening claim — Psalm 23 is about life, not death

- The three movements of the psalm — pastoral, valley, banquet

- Nephesh (the deep word for soul) and what restoration means

- Tsalmaveth and walking through the valley, not around it

- The banquet imagery in verses 5 and 6 — a guest at the table while the enemies watch

- The Hebrew word chesed — the covenant lovingkindness of God

- The verb radaph — and why goodness and mercy follow you is mistranslated as too gentle

- The shepherd who leads from the front and pursues from b ...