FOR YOU ARE WITH ME: Eight Blessings Resulting from God's Presence, A Study of Psalm 23 is based on the core passage of Psalm 23 which is "For you are with me, your rod and your staff they comfort me (4c). Yahweh's presence in our lives (For you are with me) brings eight blessings. Four blessings are mentioned before the core verse (basic physical needs, spiritual needs, guidance and no fear) and another four after (protection, favor, goodness/mercy and eternal life).