{"id":3847,"date":"2015-11-21T11:45:17","date_gmt":"2015-11-21T17:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3847"},"modified":"2024-01-08T07:25:54","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T13:25:54","slug":"psalm-161-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=3847","title":{"rendered":"Psalm 16:1-11"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Michtam of David.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

1 <\/span>Preserve me, O God, for in You I put my trust.<\/span><\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

2\u00a0<\/sup>O my soul, you have said to the Lord<\/span>,<\/span><\/em>
\n \u201cYou are my Lord,<\/span><\/em>
\n My goodness is nothing apart from You.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

3\u00a0<\/sup>As for the saints who are on the earth,<\/span><\/em>
\n \u201cThey are the excellent ones, in whom is all my delight.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

4\u00a0<\/sup>Their sorrows shall be multiplied who hasten after another god;<\/span><\/em>
\n Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer,<\/span><\/em>
\n Nor take up their names on my lips.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

5\u00a0<\/sup>O Lord<\/span>, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup;<\/span><\/em>
\n You maintain my lot.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

6\u00a0<\/sup>The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places;<\/span><\/em>
\n Yes, I have a good inheritance.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

7\u00a0<\/sup>I will bless the Lord<\/span> who has given me counsel;<\/span><\/em>
\n My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

8\u00a0<\/sup>I have set the Lord<\/span> always before me;<\/span><\/em>
\n Because He is at my right hand I shall not be moved.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

9\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices;<\/span><\/em>
\n My flesh also will rest in hope.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

10\u00a0<\/sup>For You will not leave my soul in Sheol,<\/span><\/em>
\n Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

11\u00a0<\/sup>You will show me the path of life;<\/span><\/em>
\n In Your presence is fullness of joy;<\/span><\/em>
\n At Your right hand are pleasures forevermore.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

michtam (heading) = to cut in, or engrave … The Septuagint renders it stelographia<\/em> \u2014 a sculptured writing … a sepulchral monument. The word, therefore, points to a graven and therefore a permanent writing; graven on account of its importance. The [six] Michtam psalms are all pervaded by the common characteristic of being personal, direct, and more or less private. \u2014 Pettingill, page 37.<\/span><\/h3>\n

preserve (v.1) = keep, watch over<\/h3>\n

Lord (v.2) \u2014 First use = Yahweh\u2014 Second use – Adonai (Master). David \u2014 and the Messiah \u2014 say “You (as opposed to another god) are my Lord.”<\/h3>\n

\u00a0my goodness (v.2) = my good, welfare, benefit \u2014 David is stating that God alone is the source of anything good (or beneficial).<\/h3>\n

saints (v.3) \u2014 saved Israel who share David’s faith in the Lord<\/h3>\n

hasten after (v.4) = bartered, acquired after paying a purchase price<\/h3>\n

inheritance (vs.5-6) \u2014 the Lord and their (Israel’s) and Jesus Christ’s worship of Him.<\/h3>\n

cup (v.5) \u2014 used in this verse as it is used in Psalm 23<\/span><\/a>: “The Lord is my Shepherd … my cup runneth over.” The word is used figuratively of a pleasant, refreshing drink.<\/h3>\n

lot (v.5) = as in casting lots \u2014 destiny as determined by lots<\/h3>\n

lines (v.6) = the portion of land measured out to him by line<\/h3>\n

glory (v.9) \u2014 translated “tongue” in the quote by Peter (see below). His Words were God’s Words and, therefore, His glory. (See John 7:16-17<\/a><\/span>).<\/h3>\n

Sheol (v.10) \u2014 Our Lord did not descend into hell. He descended into Sheol, which is the Hebrew way of saying Hades \u2014\u00a0 the place of departed spirits which we find described in Luke 16:19-31. The saved are no longer in Hades, for at His ascension our Lord delivered them all and escorted them into the Father’s presence, moving the Paradise section of Hades into “the third heaven” (cf. Luke 23:43; 2 Corinthians 12:2-4<\/span><\/a>). \u2014 Pettingill, page 42.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

There can be absolutely no question that this statement was knowingly intended by David to refer directly and exclusively to the resurrection of the Messiah, for such is precisely what Peter says after quoting this passage (starting from verse 8) in Acts 2:30-31<\/span><\/a> \u2014 to wit, that “because he [David] was a prophet … he looked ahead and spoke of the resurrection of the Messiah.” David understood that it was essential for the Messiah to be raised from the dead first, as the “first fruits of those who are asleep” (1 Corinthians 15:20<\/span><\/a>), and that in so doing He would serve as the model and guarantee for the rest of the”crop” of His “holy ones” to follow in kind. \u2014 Wechsler, pages 58-59<\/span><\/h3>\n

Peter speaks of this passage in Acts 2:25-35<\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n

For David says concerning Him:<\/span><\/em>
\n \u2018I foresaw the Lord always before my face,<\/span><\/em>
\n For He is at my right hand, that I may not be shaken.<\/span><\/em>
\n Therefore my heart rejoiced, and my tongue was glad;<\/span><\/em>
\n Moreover my flesh also will rest in hope.<\/span><\/em>
\n For You will not leave my soul in Hades,<\/span><\/em>
\n Nor will You allow Your Holy One to see corruption.<\/span><\/em>
\n You have made known to me the ways of life;<\/span><\/em>
\n You will make me full of joy in Your presence.\u2019<\/span><\/em>
\n \u201cMen and brethren, let me speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his tomb is with us to this day. Therefore, being a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him that of the fruit of his body, according to the flesh, He would raise up the Christ to sit on his throne, he, foreseeing this, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that His soul was not left in Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption. This Jesus God has raised up, of which we are all witnesses. Therefore being exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, He poured out this which you now see and hear.<\/span><\/em>
\n \u201cFor David did not ascend into the heavens, but he says himself:<\/span><\/em>
\n \u2018The Lord said to my Lord,<\/span><\/em>
\n \u201cSit at My right hand,<\/span><\/em>
\n Till I make Your enemies Your footstool.\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

And Paul speaks of it in Acts 13:35-38<\/a><\/span>.<\/h3>\n

Therefore He also says in another Psalm:<\/span><\/em>
\n \u2018You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.\u2019<\/span><\/em>
\n \u201cFor David, after he had served his own generation by the will of God, fell asleep, was buried with his fathers, and saw corruption; but He whom God raised up saw no corruption. Therefore let it be known to you, brethren, that through this Man is preached to you the forgiveness of sins.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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