Letter 020 — The Whole Letter: Chesed Pursues You (Psalm 23)
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…
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