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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 16:1-7

This psalm is entitled Michtam, which some translate a golden psalm, a very precious one, more to be valued by us than gold, yea, than much fine gold, because it speaks so plainly of Christ and his resurrection, who is the true treasure hidden in the field of the Old Testament. I. David here flies to God's protection with a cheerful believing confidence in it (Ps. 16:1): ?Preserve me, O God! from the deaths, and especially from the sins, to which I am continually exposed; for in thee, and in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:1

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 F9 אל "Deus fortis seu potens", Muis; "Deus omnipotens", Cocceius, Michaelis. 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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:2

O my soul , thou hast said unto the Lord ,.... Some take these to be the words of David speaking to the church, who had owned the Lord to be her Lord, and had declared what follows; others think they are the words of God the Father to his Son, suggesting to him what he had said; but they are rather an apostrophe, or an address of Christ to his own soul; and the phrase, "O my soul", though not in the original text, is rightly supplied by our translators, and which is confirmed by the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:3

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... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:4

Their sorrows shall be multiplied ,.... Not the sorrows of the saints and excellent ones, by seeing the idolatry of men, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but the sorrows of such that hasten after another god ; a false god, an idol, to serve and worship it; for, generally speaking, idolaters are more forward, eager, and hasty to attend a false worship, than the worshippers of the true God are to attend his service: now their sorrows are many, even in their worship, by cutting their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:1

Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust - On the mode of interpretation which I have hinted at above, I consider this a prayer of the man Christ Jesus on his entering on his great atoning work, particularly his passion in the garden of Gethsemane. In that passion, Jesus Christ most evidently speaks as man; and with the strictest propriety, as it was the manhood, not the Godhead, that was engaged in the suffering. שמרני shomreni , keep me - preserve, sustain, this feeble... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:2

Thou hast said unto the Lord, Thou art my Lord - Thou hast said ליהוה layhovah to Jehovah, the supreme, self-existing, and eternal Being; Thou art my Lord, אתה אדני adonai attah , Thou art my prop, stay, or support. As the Messiah, or Son of God, Jesus derived his being and support from Jehovah; and the man Christ was supported by the eternal Divinity that dwelt within him, without which he could not have sustained the sufferings which he passed through, nor have made an atonement... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:4

Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god - The Chaldee has: "They multiply their idols, and afterwards hasten that they may offer their gifts." In the Hebrew text there is no word for God, and therefore Messiah or Savior might be as well substituted; and then the whole will refer to the unbelieving Jews. They would not have the true Christ; they have sought, and are seeking, another Messiah; and how amply fulfilled has the prophetic declaration been in them! Their... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:1

Verse 1 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... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:2

Verse 2 2.Thou shalt say unto Jehovah. David begins by stating that he can bestow nothing upon God, not only because God stands in no need of any thing, but also because mortal man cannot merit the favor of God by any service which he can perform to him. At the same time, however, he takes courage, and, as God accepts our devotion, and the service which we yield to him, David protests that he will be one of his servants. To encourage himself the more effectually to this duty he speaks to his... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Psalms 16:1-7

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Psalms 16:4

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:4

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:1

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 16:2

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