Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.
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Augustine of Hippo
AD 430
6. "And Thy mercy shall follow me all the days of my life:" that is, as long as I live in this mortal life, not Thine, but mine. "That I may dwell in the house of the Lord for length of days" (ver. 6). Now Thy mercy shall follow me not here only, but also that I may dwell in the house of the Lord for ever.
Follow me, like provisions from the king's table, 2 Kings xi. 8. (Calmet)
"The grace of God prevents the unwilling to make him willing; and it follows the person who is in good dispositions, that they may not be in vain. "(St. Augustine, Ench. 32.)
Prævenit per fidem, sub sequitur in custodiendo mandata Dei. (St. Jerome) Continual and final perseverance is a special grace of God. (Worthington)
And that. Hebrew, "and I shall. "The Vulgate expresses the effect of worthy participation of God's table, which leads to a happy eternity. (Berthier)
This is particularly applicable to priests, both of the old and of the new law. (Calmet)
Only those who remain in the house of God, in his church on earth, can expect felicity. (Haydock)
Days, in eternal life. (Worthington)
David always desired to be near the ark, (Psalm xxvi., and lxxxiii.; Menochius) as the figure of heaven. (Haydock)
