“You Prepare a Table”
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“You Prepare a Table”

Psalm 23:5–6  (ID: 2504)

Psalm 23 is one of the best-known psalms, providing comfort and peace to those who trust in the Lord. Alistair Begg examines the final two verses of this familiar psalm, where we are presented with a table to which we are called, a cup that overflows, and a home from which we will never have to depart. These three elements provide us a picture of the intimacy, victory, and loyalty we have in Christ.


5You prepare a table before me

in the presence of my enemies;

you anoint my head with oil;

my cup overflows.

6Surely4 goodness and mercy5 shall follow me

all the days of my life,

and I shall dwell6 in the house of the Lord

forever.7

Copyright © 2024, Alistair Begg. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Scripture taken from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. Copyright ©2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved. Text provided by the Crossway Bibles Web Service.

Alistair Begg
Alistair Begg is Senior Pastor at Parkside Church in Cleveland, Ohio, and the Bible teacher on Truth For Life, which is heard on the radio and online around the world.