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Psalms 16:10

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell,.... Meaning, not in the place of the damned, where Christ never went, nor was; for at his death his soul was committed to his Father, and was the same day in paradise: but rather, "sheol" here, as "hades" in the Near Testament, signifies the state of the dead, the separate state of souls after death, the...

Psalms 16:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; “Sheol”—the place of the departed, the intermediate state into which the soul passes at death. Psa_16:10. Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. In the fullest sense, this verse belongs to Christ alone; but, still, what belongs to the Head is also the portion of the members of his...

Psalms 16:10

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. Now David was gathered to his fathers, and his body saw corruption, as the apostle Peter rightly observed, so it is clear that he is not speaking of himself here, not in the first place, at any rate, but of “great David’s greater Son,” our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ: “Neither wilt thou...

Psalms 16:11

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

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 dead, which is a passing from death to life; and was shown to Christ, not doctrinally, or by illuminating his mind, and leading him into the doctrine of it, for so he himself has brought it to light by...

Psalms 16:11

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore. This exposition consisted of readings from PSALMS 16, and 63. And this is the portion of every believer. “Here little, but hereafter much,” says Bunyan; but I will venture to alter it, and say, “Here much, but hereafter more...

Psalms 17

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 17 A Prayer of David. This prayer was put up by David either in his own person, on his own account, praying to God for the vindication of his cause, and for salvation and deliverance from his enemies; or in the person of the Messiah, whose type he was, and of the whole church, so Jerom of old interpreted it; and the title of...

Psalms 17:1

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Hear the right, O Lord,.... The psalmist appeals to the Lord as a Judge, sitting on the throne judging right, that he would hear his cause litigated between him and his adversaries, determine and give the decisive sentence about it; so Christ committed himself to him that judgeth righteously, 1 Peter 2:23; for by "right" may be meant his right and...

Psalms 17

Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry

David being in great distress and danger by the malice of his enemies, does, in this psalm, by prayer address himself to God, his tried refuge, and seeks shelter in him. I. He appeals to God concerning his integrity, ver. 1-4. II. He prays to God still to be upheld in his integrity and preserved from the malice of his enemies, ver. 5-8, 13. III....

Psalms 17:1

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Hear the right, O LORD, attend unto my cry, give ear unto my prayer, that goeth not out of feigned lips. Good men are often slandered and misunderstood; and, at such times, the first verse of this Psalm will well fit their lips: “Hear the right, O Lord.” And, at all times, it is a great blessing when a supplicant can say to God, “Give ear unto my...

Psalms 17:1

Spurgeon - Treasury of David - Charles H. Spurgeon

Ver. 1. Hear the right, O Lord. He that has the worst cause makes the most noise; hence the oppressed soul is apprehensive that its voice may be drowned, and therefore pleads in this one verse for a hearing no less than three times. The troubled heart craves for the ear of the great Judge, persuaded that with him to hear is to redress. If our God...

Psalms 17:2

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence,.... Not of condemnation, such as came forth from God and passed on Adam and all his posterity, Romans 5:12; though such an one was executed on Christ, as he was the surety and representative of his people; but of justification, which came forth from God and passed on Christ, when he rose from the dead,...

Psalms 17:2

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Let my sentence come forth from thy presence; let thine eyes behold the things that are equal. It is the appeal of a slandered man to the highest court; he takes his case into the Court of King’s Bench, and asks God himself to give the verdict concerning what he had done. It is a good case that will bear to be so investigated.

Psalms 17:3

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Thou hast proved mine heart,.... This properly belongs to God, who is the searcher of the heart and reins, and is desired by all good men; and though God has no need to make use of any means to know the heart, and what is in it; yet in order to know, or rather to make known, what is in the hearts of his people, he proves them sometimes by...

Psalms 17:3

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress. Happy is the man who is not afraid for God to come to him suddenly in the night, or to pounce upon him, as it were, at any hour of the day, for, whenever he comes, he will find his servant so...

Psalms 17:4

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Concerning the works of men,.... Of wicked men, as to what respects and concerns them, or in the midst of them; in the midst of a wicked generation of men, and their filthy conversation; who appear to be so, by the word of thy lips; the law of God, the Scriptures of truth, the rule and standard of faith and practice, which show what works are good...

Psalms 17:4

Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon

Concerning the works of men, by the word of thy lips I have kept me from the paths of the destroyer. Notice that verse, young man! There is much-needed teaching there for you. There are many “paths of the destroyer” in this wicked city of London, and all over the world; and it is only by taking heed to our ways, according to God’s Word, that we...

Psalms 17:5

John Gill - Exposition - John Gill

Hold up my goings in thy paths,.... Which being spoken by David in his own person, and for himself, shows that he was conscious of his own weakness to keep himself in the ways of God, and to direct his steps therein; and that he was sensible of, the need he stood in of divine power to uphold and support him in them; [that] my footsteps slip not;...

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