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Verse Psalms 16:8. _I HAVE SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME_] This verse,
and all to the end of Psalms 16:11, are applied by St. Peter to the
_death and resurrection of Christ_. Acts 2:25, c.
In all th...
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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 endeav...
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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 ...
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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...
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I HAVE SET, &C. Quoted in Acts 2:25; Acts 13:35.
NOT BE MOVED. Compare Psalms 15:5....
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The true -practice of the Presence of God" (Psalms 119:30; Psalms
18:22). The LXX has, _I beheld the Lord always before my face_.
_at my right hand_ As advocate (Psalms 109:31), or champion ...
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The mutual relation of the Psalmist and Jehovah....
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BEFORE ME— That is, he always had a regard to his Father's will,
without swerving from it in any respect (See John 17:4.); and,
consequently, was always assured of the assistance of God, and of the
fa...
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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...
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_I HAVE SET THE LORD ALWAYS BEFORE ME: BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND,
I SHALL NOT BE MOVED._
Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 'It gives such
an undaunted heart when one has God...
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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...
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I HAVE SET THE LORD, etc.] the constant, deliberate, and conscious
exercise of faith....
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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...
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AT MY RIGHT HAND. — Comp. Psalms 109:31; Psalms 110:5; Psalms 121:5.
The image seems to be a military one: the shield of the right-hand
comrade is a protection to the man beside him....
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שִׁוִּ֬יתִי יְהוָ֣ה לְ נֶגְדִּ֣י
תָמִ֑יד כִּ֥י...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right
hand, I (g) shall not be moved.
(g) The faithful are sure to persevere to the end....
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Eye. God has shewn particular attention to protect the apple of the
eye. He watches still more over his servants, (Zacharias ii. 8.) for
whom all things procure good, Romans viii. 28. Saul had declare...
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How peculiarly this belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, hath been
already observed; and if the Reader desires (as he ought to do) to
enter into the clearest apprehension of this most precious prophecy,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right
hand, I shall not be moved.
Ver. 8. _I have set the Lord always before me_] Heb. I have equally
set, or proposed. The apostle transla...
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_I have set the Lord always before me_ I have always presented him to
my mind as my witness and judge, as my patron and protector, in the
discharge of my office, and in all my actions. Hitherto David...
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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 suffering...
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I have set the Lord always before Me, over against His eyes, as the
one object which He must never forget, upon which He must concentrate
His grateful thoughts. BECAUSE HE IS AT MY RIGHT HAND, I SHALL...
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Psalms 16:8 set H7737 (H8765) LORD H3068 always H8548 hand H3225 moved
H4131 (H8735)
I have -...
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‘I HAVE SET YHWH ALWAYS BEFORE ME' (8-11).
‘I have set YHWH always before me,
Because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices,
My flesh also...
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Psalms 16:8
This text is not the exclamation of a man to whom a truth has come as
a flash; it is the deliberate outcome of a long and varied retrospect.
I. God will not be, in any true sense, before...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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_I have set the Lord always before me._
FACING GOD
Convictions are of two kinds. They are born of emergencies and
experience. The former are instinctive, springing into life full
grown. The latter ma...
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_I will bless the Lord who hath given me counsel: my reins also
instruct me in the night seasons._
THE NIGHT COUNSELS OF THE LORD
Under whatever circumstances the Lord gives His people counsel, they...
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_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...
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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
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PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 16:7 God’s presence is seen in the moral
instruction the psalmist receives (v. Psalms 16:7). It gives him
assurance of stability (v....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Acts 2:25; Hebrews 11:27; Psalms 15:5; Psalms 62:6; Psalms 139:18;...
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I have set — I have always presented him to my mind, as my witness
and judge, as my patron and protector. Hitherto David seems to have
spoken with respect to himself, but now he is transported by the...