Psalms 16:3

1 John 3:14-17; 2 Chronicles 6:41; Acts 9:13; Ephesians 1:1; Ephesians 5:25-27; Galatians 6:10; Hebrews 6:10; Isaiah 62:4; Malachi 3:17; Proverbs 12:26; Proverbs 13:20; Proverbs 8:31; Psalms 116:15; Psalms 30:4; Psalms 119:63; Song of Solomon 4:1-7; Song of Solomon 7:10; Titus 3:8

Related Commentaries of Psalms 16:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But to the saints that are in the earth - This verse also has been very variously rendered. Our translators seem to have understood it, in connec...
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

But to . As for. saints . holy (or separated) ones. See note on Exodus 3:5 . in the earth . in His own Land. to. Omit "to". in whom . in t...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

3. Unto the saints who are on the earth. Almost all are agreed in understanding this place, as if David, after the sentence which we have ju...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. But to the saints are in the earth - in contrast to...
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

RV 'As for the saints that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight.' 4. That hasten, etc.] RV 'that exchange the...
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

This is a most precious portion, in which we find Christ claiming the privilege of covenant relation, and, at the same time, disclaiming all pretensi...
James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HIS DELIGHTS ARE WITH THE SONS OF MEN ‘All my delight is upon the saints, that are in the earth: and upon such as ercel in virtue.’ Psalms 16:3...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth ,.... Who are sanctified or set apart by God the Father in election; whose sins are expiated by the bloo...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 16:3 [But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight. Ver. 3. But to the saints ] The fa...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O my soul, thou hast said , &c. The words, O my soul , not being in the original, Houbigant translates the clause, I have said unto the Lord...
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

But, i.e. but my goodness extendeth, which is easily understood out of the former verse; from which also there may be fetched another supplement;...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

He Has Said To YHWH, ‘You Are My Lord' (2-4). ‘You have said to YHWH, You are my Lord, I have no good beyond (apart from) you. As for the saints...
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...
Sermon Bible Commentary

Psalms 16:3 The history of mankind, whether secular or religious, resolves itself ultimately into the history of a few individuals. God carries ou...
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 sinfu...
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

All my delight is upon the saints that are in the earth, and upon such as excel in virtue (P. .V . ). Divine love for the saints of God On All S...
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

but to the saints that are in the earth and to the excellent, in whom is all My delight, that is, God is the Speaker's Lord for the holy ones who are...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But — I bear a singular respect and love to all saints, for thy sake, whose friends and servants they are, and whose image they bear. This more pro...

³ But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 16:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the 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

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the 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

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit 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

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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