“Pursue” vs. “Follow” in Psalm 23
00:00:00.060 | - It was right, it was done right.
00:00:01.840 | And we affirm NASB in that regard.
00:00:05.460 | I mean, I'm thinking of Psalm 23.
00:00:07.200 | It's gonna read like it's been read.
00:00:10.020 | But then you get to verse six
00:00:11.160 | and there's gonna be one word that is different.
00:00:13.980 | Because we could make that word more precise.
00:00:16.860 | And the word is follow versus pursue.
00:00:20.120 | God's loving kindness and goodness,
00:00:22.560 | usually it says will follow you all the days of your life.
00:00:25.060 | But we adjusted it to pursue all the days of your life
00:00:28.340 | because the word is pursue.
00:00:30.680 | And it's the same word that is used
00:00:32.500 | when enemies pursue righteous people.
00:00:35.360 | Like when the Egyptians were pursuing the Israelites
00:00:37.920 | in order to kill them.
00:00:38.980 | Well, that's the word that is used in Psalm 23.
00:00:41.220 | And you're thinking, well, that's a bad word.
00:00:43.560 | Well, no, the point of it is that God's pursuit
00:00:47.340 | with his goodness and loving kindness is intense.
00:00:50.040 | But it's the good version of it.
00:00:51.220 | But you read the entire Psalm, Psalm 23,
00:00:53.080 | it's gonna read very much the same
00:00:54.540 | until you get to that one word
00:00:56.100 | and that'll be the only difference.
00:00:56.680 | only difference. But again, that affirms that NASB did it well.