“ Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. ”
Preserve me, O God - Keep me; guard me; save me. This language implies that there was imminent danger of some kind - perhaps, as the subsequent part of the psalm would seem to indicate, danger of...
"Michtam of David." Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my (a) trust. (a) He shows that we cannot call on God unless we trust in him.
XVI. God, the Supreme Good. Psalms 16:1-3 . 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 su...
Title. Michtam. See App-65. of . relating to. David. And therefore refers to David's Son, and David's Lord, as do all the Davidic Psalms. Preserve. Compare Hebrews 5:7-9 . put my trust ....
This is a prayer in which David commits himself to the protection of God. He does not, however, here implore the aid of God, in some particular emergency, as he often does in other psalms, but...
Michtam of David. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust - On the mode of interpretation which I have hinted at above, I consider this a...
David, in distrust of merit, and hatred of idolatry, fleeth to God for preservation: he sheweth the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting. Michtam of David. Title. ל...
Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Title. - Michtam of David. Some derive Miktaam ( H4387 ) from kaatam ( H3799 ), gold-the golden (i:e., excellent) psalm, as Pyth...
The Ps. is the confident and joyous prayer of one whose highest satisfaction is in God and in good men ( Psalms 16:2-3 ), who renounces all the ways of idolatry ( Psalms 16:4 ), and who finds in God...
For in thee. — Better, for I have found refuge in thee (as in Psalms 7:1 ; Psalms 11:1 ). The verb is in the preterite.
Psalms 16:1-11 THE progress of thought in this psalm is striking. The singer is first a bold confessor in the face of idolatry and apostasy ( Psalms 16:1-4 ). Then the inward sweetness of his fait...
the Citizen of Zion and His Inheritance Psalms 15:1-5 ; Psalms 16:1-11 The first of these psalms was probably composed to celebrate the bringing of the Ark to Mount Zion, 1 Samuel 6:20 . It d...
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 th...
CONTENTS This blessed Psalm is so directly applied, under the influence of God the Holy Ghost, by the apostles Peter and Paul, to the person and work of the Lord Jesus, that we must wholly overlook...
Preserve me, O God ,.... Prayer is proper to Christ as man; he offered up many prayers and supplications to Cost, even his Father, and his God, and as the strong and mighty God, as the word i here u...
Psalms 16:1 «Michtam of David. » Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Michtam of David ] i.e. David's precious jewel, or psalm of gold, propter mirificam eius excellentiam, bet...
Preserve me, O God Hebrew שׁמרני, shamereeni, keep, support, guard , or defend me These words are evidently spoken by one in trouble and distress, or in danger, either from his enemies or in som...
Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. Michtam of David. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. ...
PSALM 16 Divers render this word Michtam, a golden Psalm , because of the preciousness and excellency of the matter of it; for it treats of Christ's death and resurrection. But because this title...
‘A Michtam of David.' The word michtam has been related to the Akkadian katamu, ‘to cover'. Some therefore see it as a prayer for, or with an assurance of, protection. It is a part of the Davidic co...
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...
Michtam Michtam, "a prayer," or "meditation." See Psalms 56, 57, 59, 60. trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Psalms 16:1-2 That we may see the wondrous blessedness of this mighty gift of God Himself, given by Himself to us, let us investigate one simple question: Wherein does true happiness consist? I....
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...
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...
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...
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 rejo...
Preserve Me, O God, protecting the Petitioner who speaks through David from harm and danger; for in Thee do I put My trust, seeking refuge in Jehovah alone.
2 Corinthians 1:9 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; Isaiah 26:3 ; Isaiah 26:4 ; Jeremiah 17:7 ; Jeremiah 17:8 ; Proverbs 2:8 ; Psalms 116:6 ; Psalms 125:1 ; Psalms 146:5 ; Psalms 17:5 ; Psalms 17:8 ; P...