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Psalm 23:6

Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.

4Even 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 runs over.
6Surely goodness and loving kindness shall follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the LORD’s house forever.
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“all the days of my life” includes the days of the valley and the enemies, giving this confidence in God’s kindness its weight.

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Where else Scripture says this

10 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Psalm 27:4One thing I have asked of the LORD, that I will seek after: that I may dwell in the LORD’s house all the days of my life, to see the LORD’s beauty, and to …Both speak of dwelling in the LORD’s house all the days of life, as a sought gift and a confident hope.
2 Timothy 4:18And the Lord will deliver me from every evil work and will preserve me for his heavenly Kingdom. To him be the glory forever and ever. Amen.Both look ahead with confidence in the Lord, toward lasting life in his house or heavenly Kingdom.
2 Corinthians 5:1For we know that if the earthly house of our tent is dissolved, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in the heavens.Both describe an enduring home with God, using the language of a house.
Psalm 36:7–10How precious is your loving kindness, God! The children of men take refuge under the shadow of your wings.God’s loving kindness is precious in Psalm 36 and accompanies the speaker throughout life in Psalm 23.
Psalm 16:11You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forever more.Both connect life with God’s presence and extend their hope into forever.
Psalm 73:24–26You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.Psalm 73 speaks of being received to glory; Psalm 23 speaks of dwelling in the LORD’s house forever.
2 Corinthians 1:10who delivered us out of so great a death, and does deliver, on whom we have set our hope that he will also still deliver us,Both express confidence in God’s care extending into the future, through continued deliverance or goodness throughout life.
Philippians 1:23But I am hard pressed between the two, having the desire to depart and be with Christ, which is far better.Both look toward a future marked by presence: dwelling with the LORD in the psalm and being with Christ in Philippians.
Luke 2:37and she had been a widow for about eighty-four years), who didn’t depart from the temple, worshiping with fastings and petitions night and day.Dwelling in the LORD’s house shares a thread with the widow’s sustained worship and remaining in the temple.
1 Samuel 1:22But Hannah didn’t go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will bring him, that he may appear before the LORD, and stay there …Hannah’s hope that her child will stay before the LORD shares Psalm 23’s language of lasting residence with him.
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Encouragement

The valley and the enemies remain in the psalm. Your hard days need no disguise: its closing confidence rests on YHWH’s goodness and loving kindness.

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