Psalms 16:1 «Michtam of David. » Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. _Michtam of David_] _i.e._ David's precious jewel, or psalm of gold, _propter mirificam eius excellentiam,_ better worth than its weight in gold, both for the matter thereof, and the metre, _Insignis Ode Davidis Tre... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 16:2 [O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my goodness [extendeth] not to thee; Ver. 2. _O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord_] Or, I have said unto the Lord; and so I had rather read it, with Jerome and the Septuagint; because the letter _Jod_ may be wanting in _... [ Continue Reading ]
Psalms 16:3 [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight. Ver. 3. _But to the saints_] The family of faith were, by a specialty, the object of David's bounty. Socrates, seeing a certain man giving alms to all he met, whether they were good or bad,... [ Continue Reading ]
Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. Ver. 4. _Their sorrows shall be multiplied_] Many sorrows shall be to those wicked idolaters, Psalms 32:10, some of their own creating by the... [ Continue Reading ]
The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. Ver. 5. _The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance_] Therefore I have neither need nor mind to run a madding after dumb idols; for he is good original, universal, all sufficient, and satisfactory, proportionable... [ Continue Reading ]
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage. Ver. 6. _The lines are fallen_] In allusion to those lines wherewith they measured land when they parted it. See Deu 32:9 Psalms 105:11; Psa 78:55 Acts 26:18 Ephesians 1:11. David, having God for his portion, could sa... [ Continue Reading ]
_I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons._ Ver. 7. _I will bless the Lord who hath given me counsel_] David frequently consulted with God by Abiathar the priest, whom God, by a sweet providence, sent unto him with an ephod for a comfort in hi... [ Continue Reading ]
I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Ver. 8. _I have set the Lord always before me_] Heb. I have equally set, or proposed. The apostle translateth it, "I foresee the Lord always before my face," Acts 2:25. I set the eye of my faith full upon... [ Continue Reading ]
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. Ver. 9. _Therefore my heart is glad, &c._] That is, I am all over in very good plight, as well as heart can wish or need require; I do overly abound exceedingly with joy. God forgive me mine unthankfulness and unw... [ Continue Reading ]
For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Ver. 10. _For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell_] That is, my body in the grave (_animamque sepulchro condimus_ - Virg, de Polydori funere. Aeneid. iii.), or in the state of the dead, Genesis 37:35... [ Continue Reading ]
Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore. Ver. 11. _Thou wilt show me the path of life_] This being applied to Christ, seemeth to show that as man he did not yet fully understand that inexplicable glory wherewith t... [ Continue Reading ]