Psalms 16:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. ”

• Psalms 16:5 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the 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 - The Messiah speaks. Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance; I s...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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. S...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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 an...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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 16:2-3 ), who renounces all the ways of idolatry ( Psalms 16:4 ), and who finds in God...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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 Cana...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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 th...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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 ca...

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• Psalms 16:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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 thei...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. Michtam of David.       1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.  ...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy 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 rich...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 16:5-6 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 pos...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  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...

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• Psalms 16:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Resurrection. According to Peter, Acts 2:25-31 , and Paul, Acts 13:35 , this psalm relates to Christ, expressing the feelings of His human nature in view of Hi...

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• Psalms 16:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Corinthians 15:25 ; Acts 2:32 ; Acts 5:31 ; Deuteronomy 32:9 ; Ephesians 5:18 ; Isaiah 42:1 ; Isaiah 53:12 ; Jeremiah 10:16 ; Lamentations 3:24 ; Psalms 11:6 ; Psalms 110:1 ; Psalms 110...

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• Psalms 16:5 - 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 me...

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