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Psalms
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16
{Note:
This prayer was prayed by David before his military campaign against
the Philistines at the city of Keilah. Keilah was a storage city for
grain. The Philistines were of Greek origin and were warriors not
farmers. So they stole the reserves of their neighbors but leaving
them enough to plant again next year! See I Samuel Chapter 23 for the
battle at Keilah.}
1~~
A golden psalm {miktam} of David . . .
Guard
{shamar - military term} me, O El/God.
For
in You I {David} have found refuge.
2~~I
{David} have said unto Jehovah/God,
You
. . . {are} my Lord/'Adonay!
I
have no good . . . but You
{idiom:
literally 'my good not upon You'}!
3~~But
to the saints
who
. . . {are} in the land {of Judea},
and
to the 'SuperGrace believers'/'great ones' {'addiyr},
in
whom is all my delight.
{Note: David's is delighting in the SuperGrace believers who are in his army. They are untested in battle, but David is confident they will perform well.}
4~~Their
{the reversionists} sorrows shall be
sorrows
upon sorrows . . .
who
hasten after another
{referring to those chasing after David unjustly and maybe even
some in idolatry}.
Their
drink offerings of blood will I not offer
{this is most likely the human sacrifice in idolatry}.
I
will be associated with these reversionists
{idiom: literally: "nor lift up their names to my lips'}.
{Note: Now David's thoughts turn to the reversionists in Judea - in his army and elsewhere (like Saul and his army). They will not see blessings unless they change back to the Lord. They will be disciplined by the Lord until He takes them out under the sin unto death.}
{Cup
Gives Capacity to Enjoy Life in Time and Eternity}
5~~Jehovah/God
. . . {is} the portion of my {David's} inheritance
{David knows he has a future even if only in heaven}
and
of my cup
{full cup - capacity for life - blessings in life are poured by God into
the cup}.
You
{God} hold together my lot {Go is in charge of the Plan}.
6~~The
{surveyor} lines are fallen unto me {David}
in
pleasant places
{idiom meaning there are good boundaries to his property}.
Yes,
a beautiful possession for me.
7~~I
adore Jehovah/God {occupation with Christ},
Who
has given me {'doctrine categorically'} advice/counsel.
My
emotions {kilyah - idiom: literally 'kidneys'}
also
correct me in the night seasons
{idiom: meaning doctrine was communicated in the daytime at this
time - so it means he applies doctrine to experience every time he
tries to impose human viewpoint (like normal fear before a battle -
so doctrine (the battle is the Lord's) immediately corrects his
human viewpoint}.
{Note: David is about to go into combat against a larger force yet he is so happy he is about to have an ecstatic experience!}
{Verses
8-11 concern David prophesizing about his descendent- Jesus (per
Acts 2:25 on)}
8~~I
have 'set as more than enough'
{shavah - verb for occupation with Christ}
Jehovah/God
always before me.
Because
He is at my right hand,
I
shall 'not totter'/'never be unstable' {mowt}.
{Note: A custom for thousands of years was to put the senior officer on the right - the junior officer walks on the left. David is recognizing the seniority of the Lord - Jesus Christ (the manifest member of the Godhead) is the Lord of the armies!}
9~~Therefore
my 'right lobe'/heart rejoiced
{ samach - verb for +H - perfect happiness},
and
my glory
{ kabowd - SuperGrace Status - edification complex of the soul -
as close to the essence of God as any man can get - divine
viewpoint in the norms and standards of the soul}
rejoiced.
My
flesh/body shall rest in confidence
{physically David will also be tranquil - Relaxed Mental Attitude}.
{David's
Prophetic Vision of His Great-Great-Great Grandson Jesus Christ}
10~~You
{God the Father} you will not leave/abandon
My
soul {nephesh}
in
Sheol/Hades {sh@'owl - called 'hell' sometimes in KJV}.
Nor
let Your 'Faithful One'/'Holy One' {Jesus Christ}
to
see corruption/the grave/pit {without resurrection}
{shachath - idiom - to put on corruption means to permanently die
- it means to see the grave and not be resurrected. So David saw
in his vision the resurrection of Jesus Christ.}.
{Note: David is resting in the confidence of the Lord. And, God brings him a vision of Jesus Christ and what He says on the cross. That the Father will not abandon Jesus' soul in Sheol. Jesus' soul went to minister to the fallen angels of Genesis 6 that are imprisoned in Sheol/Hades. His spirit went to be with the Father and His body went into the grave.}
{Vision
Over - David Going to Sleep on Bivouac before the Battle}
11~~
You {God} will teach me the path of life
{Occupation with Christ Again - learn capacity to enjoy life through
study of His Word - learning to Walk in the 'Way' of the Lord}.
In
Your presence is 'fullness of joy'/'perfect joy'
{simchah - sharing the Happiness of God - +H}.
At
Your right hand,
pleasures
forever more
{blessings in time and eternity future}.
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