Psalms 16
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The Golden Secret
A precious song, engraved in gold, # 16 The Hebrew word used in the inscription is michtam. There are many variations of translation for this word. Here are the major ones: “golden,” “graven,” “a permanent writing,” “precious,” “hidden,” “a spiritual secret,” or “jewel.” The Septuagint renders this “a sculptured writing of gold”; other translations call it a “golden poem.” Perhaps the most accepted translation of michtam is “engraved in gold.” This speaks of the divine nature engraved into our hearts by the Word. A new humanity is now stamped with God-life, engraved in his golden glory. by David
My Protection
1Keep me safe, O mighty God.
I run to you, my safe place.
2I said to Yahweh,
“You are my Maker and my Master.
Any good thing you find in me has come from you.”
3And he said to me, “My holy lovers
in the land are my glorious ones,
who fulfill all my desires.”
4Yet there are those who yield to their weakness, # 16:4 As translated from the Septuagint.
and they will have troubles unending.
I never gather with such ones, # 16:4 As translated from the Septuagint.
nor give them honor in any way.
My Portion
5Yahweh, you alone are my inheritance.
You are my prize, my pleasure, and my portion.
You hold my destiny and its timing in your hands.
6Your pleasant path # 16:6 Or “boundary lines.” leads me to pleasant places.
I’m overwhelmed by the privileges
that come with following you!
My Praise
7The way you counsel me makes me praise you more,
for your whispers in the night give me wisdom,
showing me what to do next.
8Because I set # 16:8 The Hebrew word shava carries the sense of being equal or similar. David was not saying he was equal to Yahweh, but that he thought the way God thought. David had made his heart and mind to be identical with the heart and mind of God. Always before himself, before anything, were the desires of God. It was the heart and mind of God that had first place in David’s heart and thoughts. you, Yahweh, always close to me,
my confidence will never be weakened, # 16:8 It is possible to translate this section as “I have determined in my heart to be identical with the mind and heart of God, and I will not let my resolve be weakened.”
for I experience your wraparound presence every moment. # 16:8 Or “because he is at my right hand.”
9My heart and soul explode with joy—full of glory!
Even my body will rest confident and secure.
10For you will not abandon me to the realm of death,
nor will you allow your Faithful One to experience corruption. # 16:10 Or “the pit.” This is likely a metaphor for Sheol.
11Because of you, I know the path of life,
as I taste the fullness of joy in your presence.
At your right side # 16:11 Jesus was pierced in his side with the spear of man’s hatred. Eternal pleasures are found hidden in the wounds of Christ, where Jesus responded to the world’s hatred with sacred blood and water flowing from his side. Forgiveness and grace splashed on the dirt. We are now seated with Christ at his right side. I experience divine pleasures forevermore!
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PSALM 16.
1The prayer of David.
Hear, O Lord, my justice: attend to my supplication. Give ear unto my prayer, which proceedeth not from deceitful lips.
2Let my judgment come forth from thy countenance: let thy eyes behold the things that are equitable.
3Thou hast proved my heart, and visited it by night, thou hast tried me by fire: and iniquity hath not been found in me.
4That my mouth may not speak the works of men: for the sake of the words of thy lips, I have kept hard ways.
5Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.
6I have cried to thee, for thou, O God, hast heard me: O incline thy ear unto me, and hear my words.
7Shew forth thy wonderful mercies; thou who savest them that trust in thee.
8From them that resist thy right hand keep me, as the apple of thy eye. Protect me under the shadow of thy wings.
9From the face of the wicked who have afflicted me. My enemies have surrounded my soul:
10they have shut up their fat: their mouth hath spoken proudly.
11They have cast me forth and now they have surrounded me: they have set their eyes bowing down to the earth.
12They have taken me, as a lion prepared for the prey; and as a young lion dwelling in secret places.
13Arise, O Lord, disappoint him and supplant him; deliver my soul from the wicked one: thy sword
14from the enemies of thy hand. O Lord, divide them from the few of the earth in their life: their belly is filled from thy hidden stores. They are full of children: and they have left to their little ones the rest of their substance.
15But as for me, I will appear before thy sight in justice: I shall be satisfied when thy glory shall appear.
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