Anakalypsis / Unveiling the Word
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Passage sections 1 ▾
The Path of Life poetry 16:1–16:11
Themes 12 ▾
Love 3 Church 3 Faith 5, 8 Providence 5 Blessing and Curse 5 Sovereignty of God 8 Peace 8 Hope 9 Joy 9, 11 Messianic Promise 10 Resurrection 10 Eternal Life 11
Speakers 1 ▾
David human 1-11
Prophecies 3 ▾
The Resurrection 10-11 Resurrection (Psalm 16) 10 Post-Resurrection Appearances 10-11
Historic voices 8 ▾
Commentary on the Book of Psalms 1× 1, 5, 8, 10-11 City of God 5× 2, 9-11 Catechism of the Catholic Church 1× 9-10 John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible 1× 1-11 Keil and Delitzsch Commentary on the Old Testament 1× 1, 4, 6, 9 Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary 1× 1, 8 Expositions on the Psalms 1× 1-2, 10-11 Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Commentary 1× 2-5, 7-11
Manuscript witnesses 5 ▾
Codex Sinaiticus Aleph c. AD 330-360 Codex Vaticanus B c. AD 300-325 Codex Alexandrinus A c. AD 400-440 Aleppo Codex (Crown of Aleppo) c. AD 930 Leningrad Codex (Codex Leningradensis) AD 1008
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What is Psalms 16 about?

David marks the sixteenth psalm as a treasured writing, taking refuge in God and confessing that he has no good apart from Him. He renounces other gods, delights in the saints, and names the LORD as the portion of his inheritance and his cup, whose counsel guides him and at whose right hand are pleasures forevermore. Confident that God will not leave his soul in the grave nor suffer His Holy One to see corruption, he rejoices with a hope that reaches beyond death itself. The apostles Peter and Paul proclaim these words fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus, so that the psalm's confidence becomes the ground of the believer's own hope of life.

Historical backdrop

These are the songbook of a nation, sung across a thousand years of Israel's worship, from Moses in the wilderness to the exiles returned from Babylon. They were carried from the tabernacle to Solomon's temple to the second temple rebuilt under Persia, set to the lyre and the harp and the clash of cymbals in the courts of the LORD.

Matthew Henry on Psalms 16
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Psalms 16
The Church Fathers on Psalms 16
Cited by the confessions

Psalms 16

Psalms Chapter 16
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1Preserve me, O God; for in thee do I take refuge.
2O my soul, thou hast said unto Jehovah, Thou art my Lord: I have no good beyond thee.
3As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.
4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips.
5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
8I have set Jehovah always before me: Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheol; Neither wilt thou suffer thy holy one to see corruption.
11Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
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What is Psalms 16 about?

David marks the sixteenth psalm as a treasured writing, taking refuge in God and confessing that he has no good apart from Him. He renounces other gods, delights in the saints, and names the LORD as the portion of his inheritance and his cup, whose counsel guides him and at whose right hand are pleasures forevermore. Confident that God will not leave his soul in the grave nor suffer His Holy One to see corruption, he rejoices with a hope that reaches beyond death itself. The apostles Peter and Paul proclaim these words fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus, so that the psalm's confidence becomes the ground of the believer's own hope of life.