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Verse 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 H...
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THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED - The word here rendered “sorrows
- עצבוּת _‛__atsts__e__bôth_ - may mean either idols or
sorrows. Compare Isaiah 48:5; Psalms 139:24;...
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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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THEIR NAMES: i.e. the names of their gods....
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_Their sorrows_ This, and not _their idols_(Targ. Symm. Jer.), is the
right rendering. Cp. Psalms 32:10; 1 Timothy 6:10.
that _hasten_after _another_god] The Heb. cannot be so rendered.
Rightly R.V.,...
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The Psalmist's society....
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THEIR SORROWS, &C.— This verse is put in opposition to the foregoing
one; and intimates, that the lot of the persons here mentioned shall
be very different from that of the _saints,_ who are the objec...
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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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_THEIR SORROWS SHALL BE MULTIPLIED THAT HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER GOD:
THEIR DRINK OFFERINGS OF BLOOD WILL I NOT OFFER, NOR TAKE UP THEIR
NAMES INTO MY LIPS._
Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten...
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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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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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THEIR SORROWS. — This verse offers also great variation in the
ancient versions. The literal text runs _Their sorrows_ [or, _idols_]
(_fem._)_ are multiplied_ (_masc_)_; another they hasten_ [or,
_cha...
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יִרְבּ֥וּ עַצְּבֹותָם֮ אַחֵ֪ר
מָ֫הָ֥רוּ בַּל ־אַסִּ֣יךְ...
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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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Their (c) sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another
[god]: (d) their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take
up their names into my lips.
(c) As grief of conscience and mi...
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Men. Houbigant, "My mouth shall not pass to the pretexts of Adam." I
will not seek for excuses in sin. (Haydock) --- "My mouth utters not
vows to the vain works of men." (Prin. disc.) --- But these ve...
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It is easy to perceive to what those expressions have reference. No
sacrifices could atone for sin, neither satisfy the guilty conscience.
If the sacrifices under the law were offered by Israel, with...
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The Psalmist now describes the true way of maintaining brotherly
concord with the saints, by declaring that he will have nothing to do
with unbelievers and the superstitious. We cannot be united into...
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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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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] ANOTH...
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]:
their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their
names into my lips.
Ver. 4. _Their sorrows shall be multiplie...
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_Their sorrows_, &c. Having showed his great respect and affection to
the saints and servants of the true God, he now declares what an
abhorrence he had for those that worshipped idols, the increase o...
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Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god,
trying to place anything else beside, or in the place of, the true
God, whether it be mammon, honor, pride, lustful indulgence, or any...
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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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HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER:
Or, give gifts to another...
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THAT HASTEN AFTER ANOTHER GOD; or, that present or endtoo (as this
verb signifies, EXODUS 22:16) another god, to wit, with oblations, as
it follows. God is not expressed in the Hebrew text, but seems...
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HE HAS SAID TO YHWH, ‘YOU ARE MY LORD' (2-4).
‘You have said to YHWH, You are my Lord,
I have no good beyond (apart from) you.
As for the saints (holy ones) who are in the earth,
They are the exce...
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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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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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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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_Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another God._
THE SORROWS OF IDOLATERS
There is no other fact more incontrovertibly established than the fact
that idolatry of every sort is a sys...
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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 16:4 THOSE WHO RUN AFTER ANOTHER GOD are
idolaters, including unfaithful Israelites. THEIR NAMES probably
refers to the names of the false gods being worshiped....
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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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Exodus 23:13; Genesis 35:14; Hosea 2:16; Hosea 2:17; Isaiah 57:6;...
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Sorrows — Having shewed his affection to the servants of the true
God, he now declares what an abhorrency he has for those that worship
idols. Offerings — In which the Gentiles used sometimes to drink...