The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Ver. 24. The Lord is my portion.] And that is enough for me, should I never have more. See Trapp on " Psa 16:5 " That which giveth content in any portion is (1.) The favour and presence of God; (2.) That it is from the hand of a Father; (3.) That it comes to us in the covenant of grace; (4.) That it is the purchase of Christ's blood; (5.) That it is an answer of prayers, and a blessing from above on honest endeavours, &c. Vide autem, pie Lector, saith an expositor: See here, good reader, how this prophetic lamentation beginneth to be a guide to godliness. For it doth not, after the manner of silly women, throw out empty words without wisdom; but teacheth all along, either overtly or covertly, that all things here below, how highly soever esteemed, are vanity and soon lost; but the grace of God is solid and stable; a Christum tollere nemo potest. Christ is a portion unlosable, as one b once answered to those that asked him why he was still merry and cheerful.
Said my soul.] c Not my mouth only; but I speak it from my very heart, which rejoiceth in God my portion more than the many do in the increase of their grain and wine. Psa 4:7
Therefore will I hope in him.] Expectabo ut teneam per speciem, quem teneo per spem.
a Pet. a Figueir.
b Deicola Abbas.
c Emphatice loquitur.