Psalms 16:11

the path of life. Refers to Ascension.

Thy right hand. Compare Psalms 16:8, and see Structure above.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 16:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou wilt show me the path of life - In this connection this means that though he was to die - to descend to the regions of the dead, and to lie...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy (k) presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore. (k) Where God fav...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Psalmist confirms the statement made in the preceding verse, and explains the way in which God will exempt him from the bondage of death, n...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Thou wilt show me the...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. Thou wilt show me...
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...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The path of life ] not specially of life after death, but of true life in the fellowship of God. In thy presence ] the presence in which the Psalmi...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

There are. — The italics in the Authorised Version spoil the triplet: — “Thou wilt show me the path of life, In thy presence fulness and joy, At...
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

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 bringi...
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

REFLECTIONS GRANT, most blessed Jesus that as oft as I read this blessed Psalm I may read it as the Michtam of David, because it treats wholly of th...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou wilt show me the path of life ,.... Not the way of life and salvation for lost sinners, which is Christ himself; but the resurrection of the de...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore. Ver. 11. Thou wilt...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thou wilt show me the path of life That is, the way that leadeth to life; not to a temporal and mortal life here, for he is supposed to be dead and...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Prophecy Relating to the Messiah; Sufferings and Consequent Glory of Christ....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou wilt show me, i.e. give me an exact and experimental knowledge of it, for my own comfort, and the benefit of my people. The path of life, i....
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...
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 a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 16:1 . Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Notice how the psalmist urges the prevailing plea of faith. A trusted God will b...
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 Biblical Illustrator

Thou wilt show me the path of life. The path of life Not merely, that is, the life of the body. This is shown by the pleasure and joy spoken of...
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

Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Resurrection. According to Peter, Acts 2:25-31 , and Paul, Acts 13:35 , this psalm relates to Christ, express...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Thou wilt show Me, true human being though He was, the path of life, the way which leads to the full and unlimited enjoyment of eternal life; in T...
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 13:12 ; 1 John 3:2 ; 1 Peter 1:21 ; 1 Peter 3:22 ; 2 Corinthians 4:17 ; Acts 2:28 ; Acts 7:56 ; Ephesians 3:19 ; Isaiah 2:3 ;...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Life — Thou wilt raise me from the grave, and conduct me to the place and state of everlasting felicity. Presence — In that heavenly paradise, wher...

¹¹ Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 16:11

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole 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

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

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

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 16:11