Psalm 16:1-11 Preserve me, O God: for in you do I put my trust.… The Psalmist entreats Divine protection, rejoices in his religious privileges, and expresses unbounded confidence in God. I. A GOOD MAN'S CRY FOR DIVINE PROTECTION. Whether his peril arose from the idolatrous heathen or from domestic enemies, we cannot say; but it was sufficiently urgent to drive him to God for shelter. Is not this one of the chief uses of earthly trials? II. A GOOD MAN'S ARGUMENTS FOR A DIVINE RESPONSE. 1. He pleads his faith in God. 2. He pleads his own moral value (vers. 4-6). A holy exultation now thrills the Psalmist's heart.There are two sources of his joy. 1. The sight of the misery of idolaters. 2. The contemplation of his own blessedness. The figurative language of ver. 6 is derived from the division of the land of Canaan amidst the tribes of Israel. Precious truths underlie it. (1) The nature of his inheritance. (2) The certainty of his inheritance. (3) The pleasantness of his inheritance. (Robert Rollocks.) Parallel Verses KJV: {Michtam of David.} Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. |
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