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Psalms 16:5-6

PSALM—NOTE ON Psalms 16:5 The psalmist is satisfied with the Lord and his provision. The terms portion, lot, lines, and inheritance recall the allocation of the Promised Land into tribal and family plots.

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See also Psalms 16:5-6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Psalms 16:5. _THE LORD IS THE PORTION OF MINE INHERITANCE_] The Messiah speaks. Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance; I seek no earthly good; I desire to do the will of God, and that only...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    THE LORD IS THE PORTION OF MINE INHERITANCE - In contradistinction from idols. The margin here is, “of my part.” The word properly means “lot, portion, part;” and is applicable to the portion of booty...

  • 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

    PORTION. Note the four things: portion (Psalms 16:5); path, presence, pleasures (Psalms 16:11). MAINTAINEST. wilt maintain. LOT. Put by Figure of speech _Metonomy_ (of Cause), App-6, for...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _the portion_&c. Lit. _the portion of my share and my cup_: i.e. my allotted portion and cup. The word rendered _share_denotes _a portion assigned_, whether of land or property or food. The A.V., _por...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jehovah is the Psalmist's portion....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    THE LORD IS THE PORTION, &C.— See the note on Psalms 11:6. _Thou maintainest my lot,_ means that God had preserved for him the glory to which he was to be exalted in the quality of Messiah. See Psalms...

  • 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

    _THE LORD IS THE PORTION OF MINE INHERITANCE AND OF MY CUP: THOU MAINTAINEST MY LOT._ The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance - (Lamentations 3:24.) The image is from the tribe of Levi and Aaron...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    16:5 inheritance (f-7) Or 'mine assigned portion.'...

  • 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

    THE PORTION. — There is allusion here to the Levitical portion (Numbers 18:20): “I am thy portion and thine inheritance.” The poet, whom we must imagine exiled from his actual inheritance in Canaan, c...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת ־חֶלְקִ֥י וְ כֹוסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה...

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Perfect. Hebrew, "support" me in these hard ways, where I am in continual danger of falling. (Calmet) --- A Deo est incipere, a Deo est finire. (St. Jerome) --- God's grace enables us to begin and to...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    These are very blessed things spoken of, both as they relate to Christ, and to his people in him. Jesus in his human nature, uniformly made Jehovah his portion, and looked unto him to maintain his cau...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    5._The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance. _Here the Psalmist explains his sentiments more clearly. He shows the reason why he separates himself from idolaters, and resolves to continue in the ch...

  • 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

    THE LORD [IS] THE PORTION OF MINE INHERITANCE AND OF MY CUP,.... This is said by Christ as a priest, and in allusion to the Levitical priests, who had no inheritance in the land of Canaan with their b...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. Ver. 5. _The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance_] Therefore I have neither need nor mind to run a madding af...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Lord is the Portion of Mine inheritance, the allotment of His portion, AND OF MY CUP; THOU MAINTAINEST MY LOT. His lot is the enjoyment of Jehovah's mercy, who continues to shed upon Him the fulln...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    OF MINE: _ Heb._ of my part...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    OF MINE INHERITANCE, or, _of my division_, i.e. of that inheritance which God hath mercifully divided or distributed to me, and which I by his grace have chosen for myself. I envy not the vast riches...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Psalms 16:5 LORD H3068 portion H4490 inheritance H2506 cup H3563 maintain H8551 (H8802) lot H1486 The Lord -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    YHWH MAINTAINS HIS LOT AND DESTINY (5-6). ‘YHWH is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup, You maintain my lot. The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places, Yes, I have a goodly heritage.'...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Psalms 16:5 I. The first thought that comes out of the words before us is this: All true religion has its very heart in deliberately choosing God as our supreme good. (1) The highest form of possessio...

  • 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

    _The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup._ MAN’S TRUE TREASURE IN GOD I. All true religion consists in deliberately choosing God as my supreme good. Now, how do we possess God? We p...

  • 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 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

    1 Corinthians 15:25; Acts 2:32; Acts 5:31; Deuteronomy 32:9; E

  • Wesley's Explanatory Notes

    The Lord — I rejoice in God as my portion, and desire no better, no other felicity. Cup — The portion which is put into my cup, as the ancient manner was in feasts, where each had his portion of meat,...

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