In these three verses, each beginning in the Hebrew with the word "good," we have, first, the fundamental idea that Yahweh Himself is good. If He i…

The Lord is good. —The alliterative form of the Hebrew makes “good” the first word of this and the two following verses, …

The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. The LORD is good unto them that wait for him, to the soul that seeketh him…

He continues the same subject; however, he now adds something to it, namely that God always deals mercifully with His servants who rely on Him and …

The Lord [is] good to them that wait for him
For the enjoyment of him as their portion in this world, and in that to…

Having stated his distress and temptation, the prophet shows how he was raised above it. Bad as things are, it is owing to the mercy of God that th…

Here he shows the divine mercy through the expectation of future benefits.