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Psalms 16:1-11

Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Resurrection.

According to Peter, Acts 2:25, and Paul, Acts 13:35, this psalm relates to Christ, expressing the feelings of His human nature in view of His sufferings and His victory over death and the grave, including His exaltation to the right hand of God. The words of Paul, Philippians 2:6, are a fine commentary to this psalm. Michtam, a hymn, or anthem, distinguished by the use of epigrams, of David.

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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    PSALM XVI _The contents of this Psalm are usually given in the following_ _manner: David, sojourning among idolaters, and being obliged_ _to leave his own country through Saul's persecution, cries...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    PRESERVE ME, O GOD - Keep me; guard me; save me. This language implies that there was imminent danger of some kind - perhaps, as the subsequent part of the psalm would seem to indicate, danger of deat...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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 ...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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 sai...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    TITLE. MICHTAM. See App-65. OF. relating to. DAVID. And therefore refers to David's Son, and David's Lord, as do all the Davidic Psalms. PRESERVE. Compare Hebrews 5:7. PUT MY TRUST. flee for refug...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _Preserve me_ Not that he is at the moment in special danger; but only in God's keeping (Psalms 12:7; Psalms 17:8) can soul and body be safe. _God El_, as in Psalms 5:4;...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The Psalmist's prayer and profession of faith....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _David, in distrust of merit, and hatred of idolatry, fleeth to God for preservation: he sheweth the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting._ Michtam of David. _TITLE._ לדוד מ...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    PSALMS 16 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE An Ideal Israelite's Triumph over Death. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 16:1-4, Prayer for Preservation: offered in Dependence on Jehovah, Discernment of his Doings, and Det...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _PRESERVE ME, O GOD: FOR IN THEE DO I PUT MY TRUST._ Title. - MICHTAM OF DAVID. Some derive _ MIKTAAM_ (H4387) from _ KAATAM_ (H3799), gold-the golden (i:e., excellent) psalm, as Pythagoras' verses we...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    16:1 Michtam (c-1) Meaning doubtful. According to some, 'a golden jewel.' See Ps. 56-60....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    The Ps. is the confident and joyous prayer of one whose highest satisfaction is in God and in good men (Psalms 16:2), who renounces all the ways of idolatry (Psalms 16:4), and who finds in God not onl...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Psalms 1:41 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ Words in boxes are from the Bible. The notes explain some of the words with a *star by them. Tap the * before a word to show an explanation. The translated Bible tex...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    FOR IN THEE. — Better, _for I have found refuge in thee_ (as in Psalms 7:1; Psalms 11:1). The verb is in the preterite....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    מִכְתָּ֥ם לְ דָוִ֑ד שָֽׁמְרֵ֥נִי אֵ֝֗ל כִּֽי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    Psalms 16:1 THE progress of thought in this psalm is striking. The singer is first a bold confessor in the face of idolatry and apostasy (Psalms 16:1). Then the inward sweetness of his faith fills his...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    THE CITIZEN OF ZION AND HIS INHERITANCE Psalms 15:1; Psalms 16:1 The first of these psalms was probably composed to celebrate the bringing of the Ark to Mount Zion, 1 Samuel 6:20. It describes the ch...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    This is a song of satisfaction. The singer is not one who is unfamiliar with peril. The opening sentence is a sigh, revealing the consciousness of peril. Toward the close, the shadows of She01 and the...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    "Michtam of David." Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my (a) trust. (a) He shows that we cannot call on God unless we trust in him....

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    Prayer. This psalm contains the model of a fervent prayer, (Haydock) which may be used by any person under affliction. (Worthington) --- The Rabbins say David expresses too much confidence in his own...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    CONTENTS This blessed Psalm is so directly applied, under the influence of God the Holy Ghost, by the apostles Peter and Paul, to the person and work of the Lord Jesus, that we must wholly overlook D...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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 bese...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    With Psalms 16 we begin a very important series of psalms those in which the connection of Christ Himself with the remnant is brought before us by the divine Spirit. In Psalms 16, Christ takes formall...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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 i here used...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Psalms 16:1 «Michtam of David. » Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. _Michtam of David_] _i.e._ David's precious jewel, or psalm of gold, _propter mirificam eius excellentiam,_ better...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Preserve me, O God_ Hebrew שׁמרני, _shamereeni, keep, support, guard_, or _defend me_ These words are evidently spoken by one in trouble and distress, or in danger, either from his enemies or in some...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    PSALM 16 Divers render this word _Michtam, a golden Psalm_, because of the preciousness and excellency of the matter of it; for it treats of Christ's death and resurrection. But because this title is...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 16:1 Michtam H4387 David H1732 Preserve H8104 (H8798) God H410 trust H2620 (H8804) Preserve -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ‘A Michtam of David.' The word michtam has been related to the Akkadian katamu, ‘to cover'. Some therefore see it as a prayer for, or with an assurance of, protection. It is a part of the Davidic col...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    MICHTAM Michtam, "a prayer," or "meditation." See Psalms 56, 57, 59, 60. TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 16:1 That we may see the wondrous blessedness of this mighty gift of God Himself, given by Himself to us, let us investigate one simple question: Wherein does true happiness consist? I. Is it...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    Psalms 16:1. _Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust._ Notice how the psalmist urges the prevailing plea of faith. A trusted God will be a preserving God. If thou, believer, canst truly sa...

  • Spurgeon's Bible Commentary

    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 fr...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Meditation on the goodness of God. CHARACTERS: God, David. CONCLUSION: Those who commit themselves to God's care and submit themselves to God's guidance will find a blessed portion in Him....

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    REFLECTIONS. This is called by the Jews the _Michtam_ or golden psalm, which David composed during his exile, or while he reigned in Hebron. It opens with a prayer that God would preserve him; for he...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust._ FAITH IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD This term suggests that the Psalm is one of strongly marked, incisive thought. It is a Psalm doubly notable-- 1. Bec...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 16:1. When the faithful sing Psalms 16:1, they entrust themselves to the Lord. They experience confidence and contentment in his care. The psa

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    INTRODUCTION “The first clause contains in germ the thought of the entire psalm, namely, that the pious man has always protection with God against all his enemies. From this assurance arises the cry o...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Let's turn now to Psalms 16:1-11. The sixteenth psalm is called a Michtam of David. A Michtam is actually a meditation or a prayer. And there are about five or six psalms that are designated as Michta...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Corinthians 1:9; 2 Timothy 1:12; Isaiah 26:3; Isaiah 26:4; Jere

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