Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 16:2
To thee — Thou dost not need me or my service, nor art capable of any advantage from it.
To thee — Thou dost not need me or my service, nor art capable of any advantage from it.
Verse Psalms 16:2. _THOU HAST SAID UNTO THE LORD, THOU_ ART _MY LORD_] Thou hast said ליהוה _layhovah_, to Jehovah, the supreme, self-existing, and eternal Being; _Thou_ art _my Lord_, אדני אתה adona...
O MY SOUL, THOU HAST SAID UNTO THE LORD - The words “O my soul” are not in the original. A literal rendering of the passage would be, “Thou hast said unto the Lord,” etc., leaving something to be supp...
A REVELATION OF THE CHRIST OF GOD (16-24) Psalms 16 _ 1. The obedient One (Psalms 16:1)_ 2. The path He went (Psalms 16:4) 3. Death and resurrection ...
XVI. GOD, THE SUPREME GOOD. Psalms 16:1. The Psalmist's devotion to God and His saints. Psalms 16:2_ b_, PSALMS 16:3. The text is corrupt; RV requires a slight emendation or we may supply, I have sai...
THOU HAST SAID. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "I said", in which case there is no Ellipsis, and "O my soul" should be omitted. LORD*. One of the...
The Massoretic Text reads _thou_(fem.) _hast said_, assuming that the poet holds colloquy with himself, and addresses his soul, as in Psalms 42:5; Lamentations 3:24 (a passage evidently based on this...
The Psalmist's prayer and profession of faith....
O MY SOUL, THOU HAST SAID, &C.— _I have said unto the Lord._ Houbigant. _My goodness extendeth not to thee,_ means, as applied to Christ, that the services which he performed by his ministry, and the...
PSALMS 16 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Ideal Israelite's Triumph over Death. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 16:1-4, Prayer for Preservation: offered in Dependence on Jehovah, Discernment of his Doings, and Det...
_O MY SOUL, THOU HAST SAID UNTO THE LORD, THOU ART MY LORD: MY GOODNESS EXTENDETH NOT TO THEE;_ (O my soul), thou hast said unto the Lord - (Lamentations 3:24.) The Septuagint, Vulgate, and Syriac re...
The Ps. is the confident and joyous prayer of one whose highest satisfaction is in God and in good men (Psalms 16:2), who renounces all the ways of idolatry (Psalms 16:4), and who finds in God not onl...
RV 'I have said unto the Lord (Jehovah), Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.'...
Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...
THOU HAST SAID. — The text of this passage is exceedingly corrupt. This appears (1) from the actual existence of various readings, (2) by the variations in the ancient versions, both from the Hebrew a...
אָמַ֣רְתְּ לַֽ֭ יהוָה אֲדֹנָ֣י אָ֑תָּה טֹ֝ובָתִ֗י...
Psalms 16:1 THE progress of thought in this psalm is striking. The singer is first a bold confessor in the face of idolatry and apostasy (Psalms 16:1). Then the inward sweetness of his faith fills his...
THE CITIZEN OF ZION AND HIS INHERITANCE Psalms 15:1; Psalms 16:1 The first of these psalms was probably composed to celebrate the bringing of the Ark to Mount Zion, 1 Samuel 6:20. It describes the ch...
This is a song of satisfaction. The singer is not one who is unfamiliar with peril. The opening sentence is a sigh, revealing the consciousness of peril. Toward the close, the shadows of She01 and the...
[O my soul], thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou [art] my Lord: my (b) goodness [extendeth] not to thee; (b) Though we cannot enrich God, yet we must bestow God's gifts for the use of his children....
Countenance. Pronounce sentence, (Esther i. 19.; Calmet) if I have done wrong. I do not refuse punishment, Psalm vii. 5. (Haydock) --- The Greek and Latin copies vary. Some read correctly with the Heb...
This is a most precious portion, in which we find Christ claiming the privilege of covenant relation, and, at the same time, disclaiming all pretensions to merit, from any supposed good Jehovah could...
2._Thou shalt say unto Jehovah. _David begins by stating that he can bestow nothing upon God, not only because God stands in no need of any thing, but also because mortal man cannot merit the favor of...
With Psalms 16 we begin a very important series of psalms those in which the connection of Christ Himself with the remnant is brought before us by the divine Spirit. In Psalms 16, Christ takes formall...
[O MY SOUL], THOU HAST SAID UNTO THE LORD,.... Some take these to be the words of David speaking to the church, who had owned the Lord to be her Lord, and had declared what follows; others think they...
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 s...
_O my soul, thou hast said_, &c. The words, _O my soul_, not being in the original, Houbigant translates the clause, _I have said unto the Lord_ I have oftentimes avowed and professed it, and still pe...
PROPHECY OF CHRIST'S SUFFERING AND RESURRECTION. According to Peter, Acts 2:25, and Paul, Acts 13:35, this psalm relates to Christ, expressing the feelings of His human nature in view of His suffering...
O My soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art My Lord; rather, "I say to Jehovah, My Lord art Thou," His Ruler, His all-powerful Stay and Defense; MY GOODNESS EXTENDETH NOT TO THEE, rather, "is no...
O MY SOUL; which words are fitly understood; for it is manifest he speaks to one person of another. And it is usual with David to turn his speech to his soul, as PSALMS 42:6, PSALMS 43:5. THOU HAST SA...
Psalms 16:2 said H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 Lord H136 goodness H2896 thou hast - Psalms 8:1,...
HE HAS SAID TO YHWH, ‘YOU ARE MY LORD' (2-4). ‘You have said to YHWH, You are my Lord, I have no good beyond (apart from) you. As for the saints (holy ones) who are in the earth, They are the exce...
Psalms 16:1 That we may see the wondrous blessedness of this mighty gift of God Himself, given by Himself to us, let us investigate one simple question: Wherein does true happiness consist? I. Is it...
Psalms 16:1. _Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust._ Ah, brethren! When we think of our daily dangers, and when we remember the sinfulness of our nature, this petition may well be our fr...
Psalms 16:1. _Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust._ Notice how the psalmist urges the prevailing plea of faith. A trusted God will be a preserving God. If thou, believer, canst truly sa...
CONTENTS: Meditation on the goodness of God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who commit themselves to God's care and submit themselves to God's guidance will find a blessed portion in Him....
REFLECTIONS. This is called by the Jews the _Michtam_ or golden psalm, which David composed during his exile, or while he reigned in Hebron. It opens with a prayer that God would preserve him; for he...
_O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord._ DEDICATION TO GOD The Host High is a God of truth and faithfulness. The text alludes to David’s dedication of himself to God, and implies...
_Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust._ FAITH IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD This term suggests that the Psalm is one of strongly marked, incisive thought. It is a Psalm doubly notable-- 1. Bec...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 16:1. When the faithful sing Psalms 16:1, they entrust themselves to the Lord. They experience confidence and contentment in his care. The psa
INTRODUCTION “The first clause contains in germ the thought of the entire psalm, namely, that the pious man has always protection with God against all his enemies. From this assurance arises the cry o...
EXPOSITION THE sixteenth psalm is so far connected with the fifteenth that it is exclusively concerned, like the fifteenth, with the truly righteous man. It "depicts the true Israelite as rejoicing in...
Let's turn now to Psalms 16:1-11. The sixteenth psalm is called a Michtam of David. A Michtam is actually a meditation or a prayer. And there are about five or six psalms that are designated as Michta...
Isaiah 26:13; Isaiah 44:5; Job 22:2; Job 22:3; Job 35:7;...