Psalms 16:1

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.

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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 p...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

"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.
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 cor...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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. Pr...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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 interpretatio...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

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 li...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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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...
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 ( Psal...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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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 pe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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 wor...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

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 o...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Preserve me, O God Hebrew שׁמרני, shamereeni, keep, support, guard , or defend me These words are evidently spoken by one in trouble and distres...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. Michtam of David. 1 Pre...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

‘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 assura...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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Scofield Reference Notes

Michtam Michtam, "a prayer," or "meditation." See Psalms 56, 57, 59, 60. trust ( See Scofield) - ( Psalms 2:12 ).
Sermon Bible Commentary

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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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...
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, in...
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 rig...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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 Jehov...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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...

¹ Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 16:1

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Scofield Reference Notes

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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