Psalm 16:8-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 16:8-11

All these verses are quoted by St. Peter in his first sermon, after the pouring out of the Spirit on the day of pentecost (Acts 2:25-28); and he tells us expressly that David in them speaks concerning Christ and particularly of his resurrection. Something we may allow here of the workings of David's own pious and devout affections towards God, depending upon his grace to perfect every thing that concerned him, and looking for the blessed hope, and happy state on the other side death, in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:8

I have set the Lord always before me , Not his fear only, or the book of the law, as Jarchi interprets it, but the Lord himself; or, "I foresaw the Lord always before my face", Acts 2:26 ; as Christ is set before men in the Gospel, to look unto as the object of faith and hope, to trust in and depend upon for life and salvation; so Jehovah the Father is the object which Christ set before him, and looked unto in the whole course of his life here on earth; he had always an eye to his glory,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad ,.... Because he had the Lord always in view; he was at his right hand, for his support and assistance, as well as because of what is expressed in the next verses: this is the same with rejoicing in spirit, Luke 10:21 ; it denotes an inward joy, and fulness of it, because of the Lord's presence with him; see Acts 2:28 ; and my glory rejoiceth ; meaning either his soul, which is the most glorious and noble part of man, as Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:10

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell ,.... Meaning, not in the place of the damned, where Christ never went, nor was; for at his death his soul was committed to his Father, and was the same day in paradise: but rather, "sheol" here, as "hades" in the Near Testament, signifies the state of the dead, the separate state of souls after death, the invisible world of souls, where Christ's soul was; though it was not left there, nor did it continue, but on the third day returned to its body... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:11

Thou wilt show me the path of life ,.... Not the way of life and salvation for lost sinners, which is Christ himself; but the resurrection of the dead, which is a passing from death to life; and was shown to Christ, not doctrinally, or by illuminating his mind, and leading him into the doctrine of it, for so he himself has brought it to light by the Gospel; practically and experimentally, by raising him the dead, or by causing him to pass from death to life; and he was the first to whom the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:8

I have set the Lord always before me - This verse, and all to the end of Psalm 16:11 , are applied by St. Peter to the death and resurreetion of Christ. Acts 2:25 , etc. In all that our Lord did, said, or suffered, he kept the glory of the Father and the accomplishment of his purpose constantly in view. He tells us that he did not come down from heaven to do his own will, but the will of the Father who had sent him. See John 17:4 . He is at my right hand - That is, I have his... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad - Unutterably happy in God; always full of the Divine presence; because whatsoever I do pleaseth him. The man Christ Jesus must be constantly in communion with God, because he was without spot and blemish. My glory rejoiceth - My tongue, so called by the Hebrews, (see Psalm 57:8 ; Psalm 30:12 ;), because it was bestowed on us to glorify God, and because it is our glory, being the instrument of expressing our thoughts by words. See Dodd. But soul bids as... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:10

Thine Holy One - This is in the plural number, חסידיך chasideycha , thy Holy Ones; but none of the versions translate it in the plural; and as it is in the singular number, חסידך chasidecha , in several ancient editions, among which is the Complutensian Polyglot, and no less than two hundred and sixty-four of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., and in the quotation by St. Peter, in Acts 2:27 ; Acts 13:35 , we may take it for granted that the present reading is a corruption; or that ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:11

Thou wilt show me the path of life - I first shall find the way out of the regions of death, to die no more. Thus Christ was the first fruits of them that slept. Several had before risen from the dead, but they died again. Jesus rose from the dead, and is alive for evermore. Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead was the first entrance out of the grave to eternal life or lives, חיים chaiyim , for the word is in the plural, and with great propriety too, as this resurrection implies the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:8

Verse 8 8.I have set Jehovah, etc. The Psalmist again shows the firmness and stability of his faith. To set God before us is nothing else than to keep all our senses bound and captive, that they may not run out and go astray after any other object. We must look to him with other eyes than those of the flesh, for we shall seldom be able to perceive him unless we elevate our minds above the world; and faith prevents us from turning our back upon him. The meaning, therefore, is, that David kept... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 16:8-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:8

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:9

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:8

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:9

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:8

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