psalm-16:8-10-nkjv

Once thine, ever thine: the song of a saint, the vision of a seer. This psalm yields many texts for instructive discourse; but it is not on any of them that we propose now to dwell, but on the psalm as a whole. It is one of the most evangelical in all the five books of the Psalms. It opens with a prayer and a plea; but its main current is that of joy and praise. It is moreover repeatedly quoted in the New Testament, where, by the Apostles Peter and Paul, some of its words are declared to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:1-11

Life-long convictions. Happy the man who holds to his faith in God through all changes and chances of this mortal life! Religion to him is a reality. He speaks of what he knows. He commends what he has proved to be good. He can rejoice in the assurance that God, who has been with him hitherto, will keep him safely to the end, and that the portion which satisfied his soul in this life will satisfy his soul eternally. We may take the psalm as expressing certain life-long convictions. I.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:8

I have set the Lord always before me . I have brought myself, that is, to realize the continual presence of God, alike in happiness and in trouble. I feel him to be ever with me. Because he is at my right hand ( i.e. close to me, ready to protect and save), therefore I shall not be moved . Nothing will shake me or disturb me from my trust and confidence. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:8

The supreme choice of the soul. "I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." "I have set Christ always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved." I. THIS IS TO MAKE THE JOURNEY OF LIFE FULL OF LIGHT . Pillar of cloud and fire. And this, in whatever view you look at this life—whether as a stage on which work has to be done , or on which good has to be acquired, or as a journey to reach our... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:8-11

The confidence of the psalmist's faith in the future. The two main ideas of the writer are Not, of course, from death altogether; he could not hope to be finally delivered from the grave. The prayer therefore, must have been for deliverance, from impending , danger, from death that was then. threatened at that time, and for being conducted into and preserved in "the path of life." The application which has been made of the ninth and tenth verses to Christ by Peter and Paul has led... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth . The thought of God's continual presence at his right hand causes David's "heart" to be "glad," and his "glory"— i.e. his soul, or spirit ( Genesis 49:6 ), man's true glory—to rejoice. My flesh also shall rest in hope . His "flesh"—his corporeal nature, united closely with his "heart" and "spirit"—rests, and will rest, secure, confident that God will watch over it, and make the whole complex man—body, soul, and spirit—to "dwell in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ; literally, to Sheol , or "to Hades." The confidence in a future life shown here is beyond that exhibited by Job. Job hopes that he may not always remain in Hades, but may one day experience a "change" or "renewal" ( Job 14:14 ); David is certain that his soul will not be left in hell. Hell ( Sheol ) is to him an "intermediate state," through which a man passes between his life in this world and his final condition in some blest abode. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:10

The antidote to death. "Thou wilt not leave," etc. More than thirty generations of believers read and sang this psalm, pondered and prayed over it, and drew, no doubt, sweet though vague comfort from this verse, before the hidden glory of its meaning was disclosed. The temple built by David's son was laid in ashes. The Scriptures were carried with the captives to Babylon, and brought back. A second and at last a third temple arose on Mount Moriah. Empires arose and fell. Above one thousand... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 16:8

I have set the Lord always before me - By night as well as by day; in my private meditations as well as in my public professions. I have regarded myself always as in the presence of God; I have endeavored always to feel that, his eye was upon me. This, too, is one of the certain characteristics of piety, that we always feel that we are in the presence of God, and that we always act as if his eye were upon us. Compare the notes at Acts 2:25.Because he is at my right hand - The right hand was... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:8

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:8-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:9

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 16:10

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Psalms 16:8

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