Psalms 16:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. ”

• Psalms 16:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  I have set the Lord always before me - By night as well as by day; in my private meditations as well as in my public professions. I have regarded myself always as in the presence of God; I have e...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I (g) shall not be moved. (g) The faithful are sure to persevere to the end.

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• Psalms 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  I have set, &c. Quoted in Acts 2:25-28 ; Acts 13:35 . not be moved. Compare Psalms 15:5 .

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• Psalms 16:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  8. I have set Jehovah, etc. The Psalmist again shows the firmness and stability of his faith. To set God before us is nothing else than to keep all our senses bound and captive, that they ma...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. I have set the Lord always before me - This verse, and all to the end of Psalms 16:11 , are applied by S...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  Before me— That is, he always had a regard to his Father's will, without swerving from it in any respect (See John 17:4 .); and, consequently, was always assured of the assistance of God, and of t...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 'It gives such an undaunted heart when one ha...

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• Psalms 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  At my right hand. — Comp. Psalms 109:31 ; Psalms 110:5 ; Psalms 121:5 . The image seems to be a military one: the shield of the right-hand comrade is a protection to the man beside him.

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• Psalms 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  How peculiarly this belongs to the Lord Jesus Christ, hath been already observed; and if the Reader desires (as he ought to do) to enter into the clearest apprehension of this most precious prophecy,...

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• Psalms 16:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  I have set the Lord always before me , Not his fear only, or the book of the law, as Jarchi interprets it, but the Lord himself; or, "I foresaw the Lord always before my face", Acts 2:26 ; as Chris...

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• Psalms 16:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Ver. 8. I have set the Lord always before me ] Heb. I have equally set, or proposed. The apostle trans...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  I have set the Lord always before me I have always presented him to my mind as my witness and judge, as my patron and protector, in the discharge of my office, and in all my actions. Hitherto David...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Prophecy Relating to the Messiah; Sufferings and Consequent Glory of Christ.       8 I have set the L ORD always before m...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  i.e. I have always presented him to my mind as my rule and scope, as my witness and judge, as my patron and protector, in the discharge of my office, and in all my actions. Hitherto David seems to ha...

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• Psalms 16:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  ‘I Have Set YHWH Always Before Me' (8-11). ‘I have set YHWH always before me, Because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices, My flesh al...

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• Psalms 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  Psalms 16:8 This text is not the exclamation of a man to whom a truth has come as a flash; it is the deliberate outcome of a long and varied retrospect. I. God will not be, in any true sense, bef...

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• Psalms 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - 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 16:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Acts 2:25-28 ; Hebrews 11:27 ; Psalms 15:5 ; Psalms 62:6 ; Psalms 139:18 ; Psalms 73:2 ; Psalms 73:23

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• Psalms 16:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  I have set — I have always presented him to my mind, as my witness and judge, as my patron and protector. Hitherto David seems to have spoken with respect to himself, but now he is transported by t...

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