Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 16:5
Psalms 16:5. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance Hebrew, חלקי , chelki, of my division, that is, of that portion which God hath mercifully divided, or distributed to me, and which, by his grace, I have chosen for myself. I envy not the vast riches and glory of idolaters, but do heartily rejoice in God as my portion, and desire no better nor any other felicity. God, who hath suffered other nations to walk in their own idolatrous ways, hath granted this favour to me, that I should... read more
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Psalms 16:4
Psalms 16:4. 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 of whose sorrows he foretels, that a consideration thereof might be a means of awakening and converting them to the Lord. That hasten after another God Or, that present to, or endow, (as the verb מהר , mahar, signifies, Exodus 22:16,) another God, namely, with oblations,... read more