Their (c) sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: (d) their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
(c) As grief of conscience and miserable destruction.
(d) He would neither by outward profession nor in heart, nor in mouth consent to their idolatries.
Verse Psalms 16:4. _THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED_ THAT _HASTEN_ AFTER _ANOTHER_ GOD] The Chaldee has: "They multiply their idols, and afterwards hasten that they may offer their gifts." In the H...
THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED - The word here rendered “sorrows - עצבוּת _‛__atsts__e__bôth_ - may mean either idols or sorrows. Compare Isaiah 48:5; Psalms 139:24;...
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...
THEIR NAMES: i.e. the names of their gods....
The Psalmist's society....
_Their sorrows_ This, and not _their idols_(Targ. Symm. Jer.), is the right rendering. Cp. Psalms 32:10; 1 Timothy 6:10. that _hasten_after _another_god] The Heb. cannot be so rendered. Rightly R.V.,...
THEIR SORROWS, &C.— This verse is put in opposition to the foregoing one; and intimates, that the lot of the persons here mentioned shall be very different from that of the _saints,_ who are the objec...
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...
_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._ Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten...
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...
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...
THEIR SORROWS. — This verse offers also great variation in the ancient versions. The literal text runs _Their sorrows_ [or, _idols_] (_fem._)_ are multiplied_ (_masc_)_; another they hasten_ [or, _cha...
יִרְבּ֥וּ עַצְּבֹותָם֮ אַחֵ֪ר מָ֫הָ֥רוּ בַּל ־אַסִּ֣יךְ...
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...
Men. Houbigant, "My mouth shall not pass to the pretexts of Adam." I will not seek for excuses in sin. (Haydock) --- "My mouth utters not vows to the vain works of men." (Prin. disc.) --- But these ve...
It is easy to perceive to what those expressions have reference. No sacrifices could atone for sin, neither satisfy the guilty conscience. If the sacrifices under the law were offered by Israel, with...
The Psalmist now describes the true way of maintaining brotherly concord with the saints, by declaring that he will have nothing to do with unbelievers and the superstitious. We cannot be united into...
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...
THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED,.... Not the sorrows of the saints and excellent ones, by seeing the idolatry of men, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but the sorrows of such [THAT] HASTEN [AFTER] ANOTH...
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 multiplie...
_Their sorrows_, &c. Having showed his great respect and affection to the saints and servants of the true God, he now declares what an abhorrence he had for those that worshipped idols, the increase o...
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god, trying to place anything else beside, or in the place of, the true God, whether it be mammon, honor, pride, lustful indulgence, or any...
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...
HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER: Or, give gifts to another...
THAT HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER GOD; or, that present or endtoo (as this verb signifies, EXODUS 22:16) another god, to wit, with oblations, as it follows. God is not expressed in the Hebrew text, but seems...
Psalms 16:4 sorrows H6094 multiplied H7235 (H8799) hasten H4116 (H8804) another H312 offerings H5262 blood H1818 offer
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. _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...
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...
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...
_Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God._ THE SORROWS OF IDOLATERS There is no other fact more incontrovertibly established than the fact that idolatry of every sort is a sys...
_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 16:4 THOSE WHO RUN AFTER ANOTHER GOD are idolaters, including unfaithful Israelites. THEIR NAMES probably refers to the names of the false gods being worshiped....
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...
Exodus 23:13; Genesis 35:14; Hosea 2:16; Hosea 2:17; Isaiah 57:6;...
Sorrows — Having shewed his affection to the servants of the true God, he now declares what an abhorrency he has for those that worship idols. Offerings — In which the Gentiles used sometimes to drink...