Psalms 16:3

_BUT TO THE SAINTS THAT ARE IN THE EARTH, AND TO THE EXCELLENT, IN WHOM IS ALL MY DELIGHT._ But to the saints are in the earth - in contrast to the Most High, who is in the heaven of heavens. Christ Jesus, the Antitype to David, is He to whom this psalm is twice applied in the New Testament (Acts 2:25; Acts 13:35). He claimed, as man, no goodness independent of God, or which could confer a profit upon God which He had not before. Hence, when the young ruler called Him "Good Master," He replied, "Why callest thou me good? There is none good but one, that is God" (Matthew 19:16). His perfect goodness as man was of profit 'to the saints in the earth' - i:e., to those whom He sanctified, or consecrated as His own, by

3._Unto the saints who are on the earth. _Almost all are agreed in understanding this place, as if David, after the sentence which we have just now been considering, had added, The only way of serving God aright is to endeavor to do good to his holy servants. And the truth is, that God, as our good deeds cannot extend to him, substitutes the saints in his place, towards whom we are to exercise our charity. When men, therefore, mutually exert themselves in doing good to one another, this is to yield to God right and acceptable service. We ought, doubtless, to extend our charity even to those who are unworthy of it, as our heavenly Father “maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good,” (Matthew 5:45;) but David justly prefers the saints to others, and places them in a higher rank. This, then, as I have said in the commencement, is the common opinion of almost all inter

BUT TO THE SAINTS THAT ARE IN THE EARTH - This verse also has been very variously rendered. Our translators seem to have understood it, in connection with the previous verse, as meaning that his “goodness,” or piety, was not of so pure and elevated a character that it could in any way extend to God so as to benefit him, but that it “might” be of service to the saints on earth, and that so, by benefiting them, he might show his attachment to God himself. But if the interpretation of the previous verse above proposed be the correct one, then this interpretation cannot be admitted here. This verse is probably to be regarded as a further statement of the evidence of the attachment of the psalmist to God. In the previous verse, according to the interpretation proposed, he states that his happiness - his all was centered in God. He had no hope of anything except in him; none beyond him; none b...

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

[BUT] TO THE SAINTS THAT [ARE] IN THE EARTH,.... Who are sanctified or set apart by God the Father in election; whose sins are expiated by the blood of Christ in redemption, and who are sanctified or made holy by the Spirit of God in the effectual calling; and who live a holy life and conversation: these are said to be "in the earth", not to distinguish them from the saints in heaven, to whom the goodness of Christ extends as to them, unless it be to distinguish them from the angels in heaven, who are called saints, Deuteronomy 33:2; as Aben Ezra observes; but to point out the place of their abode, scattered up and down in the earth; and to show that love, grace, goodness, and kindness of Christ reaches to them in the present state of things, notwithstanding all their meanness and imperfection in themselves, and their despicableness in the eyes of others; see...

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

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

BUT TO. As for. SAINTS. holy (or separated) ones. See note on Exodus 3:5. IN THE EARTH. in His own Land. TO. Omit "to". IN WHOM. in them. MY: or, His: i.e. Jehovah _'_ s. So the Septuagint....

A difficult verse, the text of which appears to be corrupt. (1) The best rendering is that of R.V. It is true that it can only be wrung from the Massoretic text by some violence, but an easy emendation removes the grammatical difficulty. As for the saints [lit. _holy ones_ that are in the earth [or, _land_ They are the excellent [_nobles_ in whom is all my delight. From God in heaven the Psalmist turns to men on earth. The true -nobles" (Judges 5:13) in whose society he delights, are not the wealthy or powerful in the world's estimation, but -the holy"; those in whom Israel's calling to be -a holy nation" (Exodus 19:6) has been actually realised. Cp. Psalms 15:4. These he proceeds to contrast with