Zion, Paradise, etc.
II. Pleasant purposes, which made these lines fall to me.
III. Pleasant praises. By service, sacrifice, and song.
Verse 6 (second clause) .
I. A heritage.
II. A goodly heritage.
III. I have it.
IV. Yea, or the Spirit's witness.
Verse 6. "A goodly heritage." That which makes our portion good is—
I. The favour of God with it.
II. That it is from a Father's hand.
III. That it comes through the covenant of grace.
IV. That it is the purchase of Christ's blood.
V. That it is an answer to prayer, and a blessing from above upon honest endeavours.
Verse 6. We may put this acknowledgment into the mouth of—
I. An indulged child of providence.
II. An inhabitant of this favoured country.
III. A Christian with regard to his spiritual condition.
— William Jay.
Verse 7. Taking counsel's opinion. Of whom? Upon what? Why? When?
How? What then?
Verse 7. Upward and inward, or two schools of instruction.
Verse 8. Set the Lord always before you as—
I. Your protector.
II. Your leader.
III. Your example.
IV. Your observer.
— William Jay.
Verses 8, 9. A sense of the divine presence our best support. It yields,
I. Good confidence concerning things without. "I shall not be moved."
II. Good cheer within. "My heart is glad."
III. Good music for the living tongue. "My glory rejoiceth."
IV. Good hope for the dying body. "My flesh also," etc.
Verse 9. (last clause) .
I. The saint's Sabbath (rest) .
II. His sarcophagus (in hope) .
III. His salvation (for which he hopes ).
Verses 9, 10. Jesus cheered in prospect of death by the safety of his
soul and body; our consolation in him as to the same.
Verse 10. Jesus dead, the place of his soul and his body. A difficult
but interesting topic.
Verses 10, 11. Because he lives we shall live also. The believers,
therefore, can also say, "Thou wilt show me the path of life." This life
means the blessedness reserved in heaven for the people of God after the
resurrection. It has three characters. The first regards its source —it flows from "his presence." The second regards its plenitude—it is
"fulness" of joy." The third regards its permanency —the pleasures
are "for evermore." — William Jay.
Verse 11. A sweet picture of heaven. (See EXPOSITION .)
WORKS UPON THE SIXTEENTH PSALM
An Exposition upon some select Psalms of David . . . . . . By ROBERT
ROLLOCK. 1600. 16mo.
A Godly Exposition of the Sixteenth Psalm: in R. Greenham's "Works:"
pp. 316-331. Folio: 1612.
In the "Works" of John Boys, 1626, folio, pp. 898-908, there is an
Exposition of Psalm Sixteen,
"Devotions Augustinianae Flamma; or, Certayne Devout, Godly, and Learned
Meditations. Written by the excellently accomplisht gentleman, WILLIAM
AUSTIN, of Lincolnes Inne, Esquire. . . . 1637," contains "Notes on the
Sixteenth Psalme; more particularly on the last verse." Small folio.
The Golden Psalm. Being an Exposition practical, experimental, and
prophetical of Psalm Sixteenth. By the Rev. THOMAS DALE, M.A. Canon
Residentiary of St. Paul's, London, and Vicar of St. Pancras, Middlesex.
London: 1847.
Christ in Gethsemane . An Exposition of Psalm Sixteen. By JAMES FRAME, Minister of Queen Street Chapel, Ratcliff, London: 1858.