.וּבָאוּ עָלֶיךָ כָּל-הַבְּרָכוֹת הָאֵלֶּה, וְהִשִּׂיגֻךָ: כִּי תִשְׁמַע, בְּקוֹל ה’ אֱ-לֹהֶיךָ
And all these blessings shall come upon you and overtake you, if you listen to the call of Hashem your G-d.
- Devarim 28:2
This verse from parashas Ki Savo recalls a line from Tehillim that we sing often:
.אַךְ, טוֹב וָחֶסֶד יִרְדְּפוּנִי כָּל-יְמֵי חַיָּי, וְשַׁבְתִּי בְּבֵית-ה’, לְאֹרֶךְ יָמִים
Only, may goodness and loving-kindness pursue me all the days of my life, and I shall dwell in the House of Hashem for the rest of eternity.
- Tehillim 23:
What does it mean when we speak of something overtaking or pursuing (or even, as the JPS translation of Tehillim has it, the milder “follow”) us? Implied is the realization