Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Psalms 16:10
For thou (i) wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
(i) This is chiefly meant by Christ, by whose resurrection all his members have immortality.
For thou (i) wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
(i) This is chiefly meant by Christ, by whose resurrection all his members have immortality.
Verse Psalms 16:10. _THINE HOLY ONE_] This is in the plural number, חסידיך _chasideycha, thy Holy Ones_; but none of the _versions_ translate it in the _plural_; and as it is in the singular number,...
FOR THOU WILL NOT LEAVE - The language used here implies, of course, that what is here called the soul would be in the abode to which the name hell is given, but “how long” it would be there is not in...
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 WILT NOT LEAVE, &C. Refers to the _Resurrection._ MY SOUL. me. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. HELL. the grave. Hebrew Sheol. App-35. SUFFER. give, or allow. HOLY ONE, or Thy beloved: i.e. Christ...
Once more the translation must be revised; For thou wilt not abandon my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy beloved one to see the pit. Jehovah will not surrender him to the unseen world, w...
The blessed outcome of this fellowship is joy, confidence, progress....
THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL, &C.— In שׁאול _Sheol,_ the place of departed souls. See the note on Psalms 9:17. Bishop Pearson on the Creed, and Peters on Job, p. 320. _Thine Holy One,_ means "H...
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...
_FOR THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL; NEITHER WILT THOU SUFFER THINE HOLY ONE TO SEE CORRUPTION._ FOR THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL - not the place of torment; nor, on the other hand, merely...
16:10 Sheol, (l-9) See Notes to Psalms 6:5 and Matthew 11:23 . One (m-16) Or 'gracious one,' _ chasid_ . see Notes to Psalms 4:3 ; Psalms...
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...
IN HELL] RV 'to Sheol.' The meaning is, 'Thou wilt not suffer me to die.' THINE HOLY ONE] RV 'thine holy one'; RM 'thy godly (or beloved) one.' The allusion is primarily to the Psalmist himself, thoug...
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...
LEAVE. — Rather, _commit,_ or _give up._ IN HELL. — Better, _to the unseen world_ (Sheôl), as in Psalms 6:5, where see Note. HOLY ONE. — Better, _thy chosen,_ or _favoured,_ or _beloved One._ Heb., _...
כִּ֤י ׀ לֹא ־תַעֲזֹ֣ב נַפְשִׁ֣י לִ שְׁאֹ֑ול ל
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...
Their fat. That is, their bowels of compassion: for they have none for me. (Challoner) --- They have become fat, and have given way to greater insolence, as we see too often verified, Deuteronomy xxxi...
How peculiarly this belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, hath been already observed; and if the Reader desires (as he ought to do) to enter into the clearest apprehension of this most precious prophecy,...
The Psalmist goes on to explain still more fully the preceding doctrine, by declaring that as he is not afraid of death, there is nothing wanting which is requisite to the completion of his joy. Whenc...
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...
FOR THOU WILT NOT LEAVE MY SOUL IN HELL,.... Meaning, not in the place of the damned, where Christ never went, nor was; for at his death his soul was committed to his Father, and was the same day in p...
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 sepul...
_Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell_ Hebrew, לשׁאול, _lesheol_, rendered, εις αδην, by the LXX., and εις αδου, _in hades, Acts 2:27_, which word generally means the invisible world, or the state of s...
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...
For Thou wilt not leave My soul in hell, letting it be forgotten in the realms of the dead; NEITHER WILT THOU SUFFER THINE HOLY ONE TO SEE CORRUPTION, the decay of the grave, Job 17:14. The Messiah's...
MY SOUL, i.e. my person, as this word is every where used by a synecdoche of the part, and then the person by another synecdoche of the whole is put for the body. _The soul_ is oft put for the body; e...
Psalms 16:10 leave H5800 (H8799) soul H5315 Sheol H7585 allow H5414 (H8799) One H2623 see H7200 ...
‘I HAVE SET YHWH ALWAYS BEFORE ME' (8-11). ‘I have set YHWH always before me, Because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices, My flesh also...
HELL Hebrew, "Sheol," (_ See Scofield) - (Habakkuk 2:5). _...
Psalms 16:9 I. Although the sacred Scriptures teach us to think nothing of temporal death but merely as a sleep, while they would beyond all things impress on our minds a sense of the day of judgment...
Psalms 16:10 I. This verse proves most expressly the truth of our Saviour's human soul and body; proves that as He took on Himself, really and truly, the substance of our nature in the womb of the Ble...
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...
_Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell._ CHRIST’S DESCENT INTO HELL The afflictions and calamities which fall upon many men in this present state are such that, were it not for the hope which they have...
_Therefore my heart is glad._ CHRIST JOYFUL IN SUFFERING The remainder of this Psalm we are to consider as spoken by David in reference to the Messiah, of whom he was both a prophet and a type. I. T...
_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
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 16:9 The psalm is cultivating the hope of everlasting glory for the faithful, with the resurrection of Jesus (the ultimate HOLY ONE) as the first step in bringing this hope to ful...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 16:10 SHEOL. See note on 6:5. Here it is likely the abode of the wicked. ⇐...
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...
1 Corinthians 15:42; 1 Corinthians 15:50; 1 Corinthians 15:55; Acts 13:35;...
Hell — In the state of the dead. Holy one — Me thy holy son, whom thou hast sanctified and sent into the world. It is peculiar to Christ, to be called the holy one of God. To see — To be corrupted or...