Psalms 16:1

_PRESERVE ME, O GOD: FOR IN THEE DO I PUT MY TRUST._ Title. - MICHTAM OF DAVID. Some derive _ MIKTAAM_ (H4387) from _ KAATAM_ (H3799), gold-the golden (i:e., excellent) psalm, as Pythagoras' verses were called golden verses. This is scarcely borne out by the Hebrew. Hengstenberg better explains it as 'a secret:' a song conducting us into the depths of the divine life, that 'secret of the Lord which is with them that fear Him' [from kaatam, to conceal]. I. Declaration of trust, not in his own goodness, much less in idols, but in God, as the only and blessed portion (Psalms 16:1). II. Certainty of everlasting salvation to soul and flesh grounded on that trust (Psalms 16:8)....

This is a prayer in which David commits himself to the protection of God. He does not, however, here implore the aid of God, in some particular emergency, as he often does in other psalms, but he beseeches him to show himself his protector during the whole course of his life, and indeed our safety both in life and in death depends entirely upon our being under the protection of God. What follows concerning _trust, _signifies much the same thing as if the Holy Spirit assured us by the mouth of David, that God is ready to succor all of us, provided we rely upon him with a sure and steadfast faith; and that he takes under his protection none but those who commit themselves to him with their whole heart. At the same time, we must be reminded that David, supported by this trust, continued firm and unmoved amidst all the storms of adversity with which he was buffeted....

PSALM XVI _The contents of this Psalm are usually given in the following_ _manner: David, sojourning among idolaters, and being obliged_ _to leave his own country through Saul's persecution, cries to_ _God for help; expresses his abhorrence of idolatry, and his_ _desire to be again united to God's people_, 1-4; _and declares his strong confidence in God, who had dealt_ _bountifully with him_, 5-7. _Then follows a remarkable prophecy of the resurrection of_ _Christ_, 8-11....

PRESERVE ME, O GOD - Keep me; guard me; save me. This language implies that there was imminent danger of some kind - perhaps, as the subsequent part of the psalm would seem to indicate, danger of death. See Psalms 16:8. The idea here is, that God was able to preserve him from the impending danger, and that he might hope he would do it. FOR IN THEE DO I PUT MY TRUST - That is, my hope is in thee. He had no other reliance than God; but he had confidence in him - he felt assured that there was safety there....

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 God as the highest Good, and placing affiance in him in the face of Death and Hades" (Kay). The ascription of it to David in the title may well be acquiesced in. It has been called "a golden psalm," and the word "Michtam" in the title has been understood in this sense; but that is more probably a musical term, like "Mizmor," "_Maschil_,"_ _"Shiggaion," etc. It is "full of the spirit of David," and remarkably evangelical in tone; its Messianic character is attested by the Apostle Peter (Acts 2:25; Acts 13:35). It seems to divide itself only into two strophes—one extending fro

PRESERVE ME, O GOD,.... Prayer is proper to Christ as man; he offered up many prayers and supplications to Cost, even his Father, and his God, and as the strong and mighty God, as the word i here used is commonly rendered by interpreters; with whom, all things are possible, and who is able to save; see Hebrews 5:7; and this petition for preservation was suitable to him and his case, and was heard and answered by God; he was very remarkably preserved in his infancy from the rage and fury of Herod; and very wonderfully was his body preserved and supported in the wilderness under a fast of forty days and forty nights together, and from being torn to pieces by the wild beasts among which he was, and from the temptations of Satan, with which he was there assaulted; and throughout the whole of his ministry he was preserved from being hindered in the execution of his office, either by the flatt...

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 frequent prayer: «Preserve me, O God;» and this may well be our plea, as well as the psalmist's: «for in thee do I put my trust.» We do trust in the name of the Lord, for we can never expect to be preserved except by his protecting grace. Psalms 16:2. _O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; but to, the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight._ «My God, I would fain prove my gratitude to thee if I could; but what can I do for One so great as thou art? Thou art infinitely above me; thou

MICHTAM Michtam, "a prayer," or "meditation." See Psalms 56, 57, 59, 60. TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

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 (Psalms 16:9) In the nine Psalms which compose this section Christ is marvellously revealed. We notice an interesting progress in the messianic message of this section, culminating in the manifestation of the King, the Lord of Glory in Psalms 24:1. In the Sixteenth Psalm we behold Christ in His obedience on earth. See also Paul's testimony in...

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 said, from Psalms 16:2. And I have said of the holy ones that are in the land: they are the excellent ones in whom is all my delight. But the LXX had a very different text. Some ancient authorities omit Psalms 16:2_ b_ or read, because thou hast no need of my goods. In LXX 3 reads, For the holy ones that are in the earth, he hath made all