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Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
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.

New Defender's Study Bible Notes

23:5 cup runneth over. Ancient wells in Israel have been found with “cups” for the sheep, into which the shepherd would scoop up water from the well.


23:6 house of the LORD. The “house of the LORD” means the household of God—that is, God’s family. Compare Ephesians 5:19-22.


23:6 for ever. The sheep is safe with the good shepherd both in time and in eternity. The six verses of the psalm, capped with the magnificent assurance of Psalm 23:6, correlate with the six uses of “shepherd” in John 10 and the six references in other books of the New Testament to Christ as our shepherd.


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