Psalm 16 - More than refined gold - My welfare's not Your burden

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"Michtam" appears in only one other verse in the Bible, <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#isa13_12" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Isaiah 13:12</A>, where it is translated "more than refined gold". </div> <bR> <div> I knew that this Psalm is a top Psalm because it is quoted in Acts concerning Christ, but I found this Psalm harder to enjoy than most others. Usually, it takes me at most one week after memorizing a Psalm to enjoy it. But Psalm 16 took me two weeks of singing it while driving and getting ready in the morning.  At first it was doctrinal, but now it is sweet and sustaining.</div> <bR> <div> Watchman Nee says that Psalm 16 answers the questions asked at the beginning of Psalm 15, "Lord, who shall sojourn in Your tabernacle. Who shall dwell in Your holy mountain." "Your holy mountain" in Ps 15 refers to the New Jerusalem. In the New Jerusalem, there is one street of pure gold, signifying that the inhabitants of the New Jerusalem walk according to  the divine nature of God. Likewise, this Psalm is a "michtam", "more than refined gold", and shows us the pathway of life and the Lord's counsel and correction. This life of intimately following the Lord's counsel is the golden street of the New Jerusalem.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#1" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v1</B></A><B> </B>We experience all the experiences of Christ's life by trusting in Him.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#2" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v2</B></A><B> </B>The Hebrew says "You (2nd person feminine singular) said to Jehovah ...". This doesn't make sense because there is no female antecedent for "You". For the Hebrew word for "said", the 2nd person feminine singular and 2nd person masculine singular differ only in the Masoretic points, which were not part of the original inspired text. I think that when the scribes added the points to this word, which was done some time after the 1st century AD, they made it feminine so that it could not refer back to "God", for that would make for two "God's" in their eyes: God in v1 talking to Jehovah in v2. They dared not alter the sacred consonants, so all they could do by adding the points was to make it feminine. </div> <bR> <div> I believe the antecedent of "You" in v2 is "God" whom I take refuge in in v1. This Psalm is mostly Jesus, who is God, talking to Jehovah, His Lord. This is similar to Psalm 110, which is Jehovah talking to Jesus, David's Lord. Peter puts both of these psalms together in his preaching on the day of Pentecost: Psalm 16 (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#acts2_25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Acts 2:25-28</A>) and Psalm 110 (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#act2_34" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Acts 2:34-35</A>).</div> <bR> <div> KJV and many others translate this verse as "<I>My soul</I>, you've said to the Lord ..." to make David talking to himself.  The words "My soul" are not in the inspired text. There is no other place in the Old Testament where words such as "my soul" are added to provide a different subject from the antecedent.</div> <div> Some others (NAS, RSV, Leupold)  translate it as "I have said to Jehovah .." according to LXX. This is to say that the Hebrew text is in error and that the LXX translated from a different Hebrew text which said "I have said" instead of "You have said". It makes much more sense that LXX mistranslated it because Jews could not conceive of "God" talking to Jehovah. This verse is not preserved in the Dead Sea Scrolls. </div> <bR> <div> The 2nd part of the verse is literally, "My good is not upon You." The Hebrew word for "good", <I>tov</I>, when used as a noun, can be either feminine or masculine.  When it appears as a feminine noun, as it does here, it means prosperity, good things, or welfare, not virtues. Thus, I translated "good" as "welfare" here. </div> <div> The Hebrew preposition <I>al</I>, means most literally "upon", which doesn't make meaningful English here. It can mean a physical location upon, over,  or next to. It also often has the abstracted meaning of a burden upon or against (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#upon" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Gen 16:5, etc</A>).  Many translate it similar to  "I have no good <I>apart from</I><I> </I>You". This is wrong because <I>al </I>does not have the meaning "apart from". Others translate it as "my good is not above You." This also is wrong because that makes "good" to mean virtues.</div> <div> I believe that here the Lord Jesus tells the Father, You are My Lord. Do not be concerned about My material welfare. All My delight is in Your people. Do whatever You want with Me to make them holy and excellent.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v3</B></A><B> </B>The Lord Jesus loved sinners and was wearied with the religious people. Why does <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#3" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">verse 3</A>, then say His delight is in the holy and glorious on the earth? Because He sees the sinners not as remaining sinners, but becoming human beings of great worth expressing the glory of God in genuine humanity.  </div> <div> This is the thought in the parable in Matthew 13:44. The man who sold all is the Lord, the treasure is hidden in the saints, and the field is the earth.</div> <div> Matthew 13:44 The kingdom of the heavens is like a treasure hid in the field, which a man having found has hid, and for the joy of it goes and sells all whatever he has, and buys that field.</div> <div> Romans 9:23-34 and that He might make known the riches of his glory upon vessels of mercy, which He had before prepared for glory,<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > </FONT>us, whom He has also called, not only from among <I>the</I> Jews, but also from among <I>the</I> gentiles?</div> <div> Ephesians 5:25  Husbands, love your wives even as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself up for her </div> <div> 26  That He might sanctify her, cleansing her by the washing of the water in the word, </div> <div> 27  That He might present the church to Himself glorious, not having spot or wrinkle or any such things, but that she would be holy and without blemish. </div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v4</B></A><B> </B>Most translators add the word "god" to this verse, as in "haste after another <I>god</I>". I do not think that is the meaning. The word is not there in the Hebrew; it doesn't fit the rest of the Psalm, and it does not fit the Lord's life on earth.</div> <div> It means to haste after something or someone other than Lord Himself and delighting in His people, or other than the portion which the Lord has alloted to each one of us (v5). "Haste" means not to depend on the Lord and His timing. This "hasting" will cause the direction to be not toward the Lord, even if the intention was originally for the Lord. The "drink offerings of blood" show that the thing being hasted after is something supposedly for the Lord, especially some work. It is "of blood" because it is using the Lord's people as merchandise to further the work, rather than serving the saints.</div> <div> Isaiah 28<FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" >:</FONT>16<FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" > Therefore thus says the Lord Jehovah: Behold, I lay for foundation in Zion a stone, a tried stone, a precious corner-stone, a sure foundation: he that believes shall not make haste.</FONT></div> <bR> <div> "Their names" are the names of those who are hasting after another. There is no need to speak of their names good or bad. The Lord will manifest their fruit. Furthermore, you may be wrong in judging them, and then your speaking evil of them would be slander.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v5"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#5_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v5 </B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#330000" FACE="Arial" >Lit. the Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. </FONT></div> <div> Wherever the Lord puts us is the most pleasant place. It is crazy to haste for a seemingly higher position. We should also not be falsely humble to deny what the Lord has measured to us. What the Lord has measured to us is the best. We do not need to haste to obtain our place before someone else fills it. The Lord holds fast our lot.</div> <div> The Lord's lot, and the lines that fell to Him were to bear the cross and die for sinners.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v</B></A><A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>7</B></A><B> </B>This is why it is good to sleep on something before making a decision. If speaking for the Lord, or giving a presentation at work, I like to prepare at least the day before, so that I can get the benefit of sleeping on it. </div> <div> "Reins" is literally "kidneys". It is used 31 times in the Old Testament, 13 of which it means the inward parts of our being. It is part of our human makeup, and is not always one with God because God tries the inward parts (i.e. <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#jer11_20" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Jer 11:20</A>). The corresponding Greek word is used only once in the New Testament in Rev 2:23 "... <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#339900" FACE="Arial" >and all the churches will know that I am He who  searches  the<B> inward parts </B>and the hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your works.</FONT>"</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v8</B></A><B> </B>The Lord's counsel working together with our inward parts guide and instruct us to set the Lord before us always at our right hand.</div> <bR> <div> Peter quoted this Psalm on the day of Pentecost starting at this verse (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#acts2_25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Acts 2:25-28</A>). Peter's point, that the Christ would be raised from the dead, starts with the next verse in this psalm. Peter may have included v8 because it mentions the "right hand" wihich Peter will come to next when he comes to Christ's ascension.</div> <bR> <div> King David gives us the secret of his life: “I have set the Lord continually before me; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.” - Dallas Willard</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v9</B></A><B> </B>Setting the Lord before me at all times, and at my right hand, makes my whole being, body, soul and spirit, to be glad.</div> <bR> <div> Peter quoted the LXX translation of this verse <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#acts2_25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">(Acts 2:26</A>), which translates "glory" as "tongue". DSS agrees with the Hebrew MT text. Our tongue can be our glory or our shame.</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v10</B></A><B> </B>This can only apply to the Lord Jesus because only He was raised from the dead before His body decayed, never to die again (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#acts2_25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Acts 2:25-32;13:34-38</A>).</div> <div> <B> <A NAME="v11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></B></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#11" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>v11</B></A><B> </B>Through His counsel to us and our reins instructing us in the nights, the Lord shows us the path of life. The Lord is not interested in us following an exact doctrinally correct highway, but the path of life, the step-by-step walk that expresses His divine life in our relationship to others. The path of life is the golden street of the New Jerusalem, which we can tread today as a foretaste of that paradise of God. The path of life is a life always in His presence. "Path of life" mainly relates to other human beings, while "His presence" is our relationship with God. The Lord Jesus continually had both, and so should we.</div> <div> The path of life is in contrast to "haste" in <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v4</A>. Those who haste skip the experiences of life in verses 4b-10 to obtain what they think they should have or do. To obtain the pathways of life:</div> <div> 1. Don't make a show of offering or service. Be more concerned about being right with God and man than the amount of offering or work. <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v4</A></div> <div> 2. Neither uplift nor criticize names of men.<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"> </A><A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#4" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v4</A></div> <div> 3. Appreciate where the Lord has placed you and labor there. <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#5_" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v5-6</A></div> <div> 4. Seek the Lord's counsel, from the Lord directly to you.<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"> v7</A></div> <div> 5. Listen to your inward parts instructing you in the nights.<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"> </A><A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#7" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v7</A></div> <div> 6. Always be in the Lord's presence.<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"> v8</A></div> <div> 7. Keep the Lord at your right hand in all your doings. <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#8" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v8</A></div> <div> 8. Let your heart be continually glad, your spirit exult, and your flesh rest in hope. <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#9" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v9</A></div> <div> 9. Experience the Lord's resurrection life in suffering. <A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#10" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v10</A></div> <bR> <div> <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#0000BF" FACE="Arial" >The 2nd 1/2 of this verse  can also refer only to the Lord Jesus, because He is the One at the right hand of the Father. His joy is passed on to us through our connection to Him. </FONT>Hebrews 1: 9,13  "You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness; therefore God, Your God, has anointed You with <B>the oil of exultant  joy above Your partners</B>'';  </div> <div> ...  But to which  of  the angels has He ever said, "<B>Sit at My right hand</B> until I set Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet''? </div> <bR> <div> For some reason that I cannot tell, Peter, led by the Holy Spirit, stopped short of the 2nd 1/2 of this verse when he quoted it on Pentecost (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#acts2_25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Acts 2:28</A>). This 2nd 1/2 of v11 tells us that Jesus is at God's right hand, which is Peter's next point (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#acts2_25" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Acts 2:33-35</A>). Besides MT, the 2nd 1/2 of v11 is in LXX and DSS.</div> <bR> <div> 2/16/2017 - I think the reason Peter, led by the Holy Spirit, did not quote the 2nd 1/2 of v11 in Acts 2 is because that part is yet to be fulfilled. Jesus is at God's right hand enjoying the fulness of joy, but not pleasures. Those will wait until His 2nd coming (<A HREF="psalm_16_m.htm#mat26_29" TARGET="TRLX_Middle" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">Mat 26:29</A>).</div> <bR> <div> revised 2/21/2015 copyright Steve Miller</div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 width="100%" BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B>Psalm 16 </B>More than refined gold, through David</div> <bR> <div> (<I>tune: 7.6.7.6.D </I><A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/239" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net/hymn.php/h/239"><I>#239 Ten Thousand Thanks</I></A><I>)</I></div> <div>  <embed src="HTMLobj-666/e0239Ten1000Thanks.mp3" autostart="true" loop="true" width="145" height="70">  </div> <div> midi file from <A HREF="http://www.hymnal.net" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.hymnal.net">hymnal.net</A></div> <div>  <A NAME="1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >1</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" ><I> </I></FONT><A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v1" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>1</I></A> Watch over me, O God, for</div> <div>  <A NAME="2"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>I put my trust in Thee.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v2" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>2</I></A><I> O God, </I>You've said to the LORD,</div> <div> You are the Lord of Me.</div> <div>  <A NAME="3"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >My welfare's not Your burden.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v3" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>3</I></A> To saints who are on earth,</div> <div> all My delight's in these and</div> <div> those who are of great worth. <FONT SIZE="1" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="#f1" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>(1)</I></A></FONT></div> <div>  <A NAME="4"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v4" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>4 </I></A>Their sorrows shall be multiplied</div> <div> that haste for another.</div> <div> <I>All </I>their drink offerings of blood,</div> <div> I <I>dare </I>not to offer.</div> <div>  <A NAME="5_"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 2<FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" > </FONT><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >Their names I will not take up</FONT></div> <div> upon my <I>sacred </I>lips.</div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v5" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>5 </I></A>The LORD's my portion and cup</div> <div> of my inheritance.</div> <div>  <A NAME="6"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >My lot You are holding fast.</FONT></div> <div> 6     The lines have fall'n to me</div> <div> in<I> </I>pleasant <I>places</I>, even, </div> <div> a heritage goodly.</div> <div>  <A NAME="7"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v7" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">7</A> I'll bless the LORD who's giv'n to me</div> <div> counsel. My reins also</div> <div> in the night <I>seasons </I>instruct me</div> <div> <I>teaching me how to go.</I></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="8"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >3</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" > </FONT><A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v8" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>8</I></A><I> </I>I've set the LORD before me</div> <div> always <I>for He has proved,</I></div> <div> because He's at my right hand</div> <div> <I> <A NAME="9"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >I never shall be moved.</FONT></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v9" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>9</I></A><I> </I>Therefore my heart is glad, and</div> <div> my glory shouts, Hooray!</div> <div> E'en my flesh shall rest in hope,</div> <div> <I>and shall not see decay.</I></div> <div> <I> <A NAME="10"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></I></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v10" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>10</I></A><I> </I>For You will not abandon my </div> <div> soul in Sheol <I>to be</I>.</div> <div> Your godly One, You'll not suffer</div> <div> corruption <I>thus </I>to see.</div> <div>  <A NAME="11"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#BBBBBB" FACE="Kids board game" >4</FONT><FONT SIZE="4" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Kids board game" > </FONT><A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#v11" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><I>11</I></A><I> </I>You'll make known to me the path</div> <div> of life <I>before Your face</I>.</div> <div> With Your presence is fulness</div> <div> of joy, <I>abounding grace</I>.</div> <div> In Your right hand are pleasures</div> <div> forever <I>more</I> <I>and more.</I></div> <div> <I>In Your right hand are treasures</I></div> <div> <I>that ever shall endure.</I></div> <div>  <A NAME="f1"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> 1. <A HREF="#3" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel">v3</A> - lit. To saints who are on earth, these and the excellent, all My delight is in them.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <div>  <a href="HTMLobj-479/SteveLaborDay08.mov" target="_blank"><u>video of me singing Ps 16 at Labor Day 08 conf in Columbus, OH</u></a>  </div> <div>  <A NAME="acts2_25"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#2" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>Acts 2:25 </B></A> For David says regarding Him, "I saw the Lord continually before me, because He is on my right hand, that I may not be shaken.  </div> <div> 26  Therefore my heart was made glad and my tongue exulted; moreover, also my flesh will rest in hope,  </div> <div> 27  Because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will you permit Your Holy One to see corruption.  </div> <div> 28  You have made known to me the ways of life; You will make me full of gladness with Your presence.''  </div> <div> 29  Men, brothers, I can say to you plainly concerning the patriarch David that he both deceased and was buried, and his tomb is among us until this day.  </div> <div> 30  Therefore, being a prophet and knowing that God had sworn with an oath to him to seat One from the fruit of his loins upon his throne,  </div> <div> 31  He, seeing this beforehand, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was He abandoned to Hades, nor did His flesh see corruption.  </div> <div> 32  This Jesus God has raised up, of which we all are witnesses. </div> <div> 33  Therefore having been exalted to the right hand of God and having received the promise of the Holy Spirit from  <A NAME="acts2_34"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A>the Father, He has poured out this which you both see and hear.  </div> <div> <B>34</B>  For David did not ascend into the heavens, but he himself says, ``The Lord said to my Lord, Sit at My right hand  </div> <div> 35  Until I set Your enemies as a footstool for Your feet.'' </div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="#10" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>Acts 13:34</B></A>  And as to His having raised Him up from the dead, no longer to return to corruption, He spoke in this way, "I will give you the holy things of David, the faithful things.''  </div> <div> 35  Therefore He also says in another place, "You will not allow Your Holy One to see corruption.''  </div> <div> 36  Now David, having served his own generation by the counsel of God, did indeed fall asleep and was buried with his fathers and saw corruption;  </div> <div> 37  But He whom God has raised did not see corruption.  </div> <div> 38  Therefore let it be known to you, men, brothers, that through this One forgiveness of sins is announced to you; </div> <div>  <A NAME="isa13_12"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#michtam" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>Isaiah 13:</B></A><FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" ><A HREF="psalm_16_l.htm#michtam" TARGET="TRLX_Left" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>12</B></A></FONT> I will make a man <B>more </B>precious <B>than fine gold</B>, even man than the gold of Ophir.</div> <div>  <A NAME="jer11_20"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#8" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>Jeremiah 11:20</B></A> But thou, Jehovah of hosts, who judgest righteously, who<B> triest the reins</B> and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.</div> <div>  <A NAME="upon"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#2" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>Genesis 16:5</B></A> And Sarai said to Abram, My wrong be <B>upon </B>thee! I have given my maidservant into thy bosom; and now she sees that she has conceived, I am lightly esteemed in her eyes. Jehovah judge between me and thee!</div> <div> 22:6 And Abraham took the wood of the burnt-offering, and laid it <B>upon </B>Isaac his son; and he took the fire in his hand, and the knife, and they went both of them together.</div> <div> 26:10 And Abimelech said, What is this thou hast done to us? But a little and one of the people might have lain with thy wife, and thou wouldest have brought a trespass <B>upon </B>us.</div> <div> 27:12 My father perhaps will feel me, and I shall be in his sight as one who mocks <I>him</I>, and I shall bring a curse <B>upon </B>me, and not a blessing.</div> <div> 13 And his mother said to him, <B>Upon </B>me <I>be</I> thy curse, my son! Only hearken to my voice, and go, fetch <I>them</I>.</div> <div> 31:35 And she said to her father, Let not my lord be angry that I cannot rise up before thee; for the manner of women is <B>upon </B>me. And he searched, but found not the teraphim.</div> <div> 38:29 And it came to pass as he drew back his hand, that behold, his brother came out; and she said, How hast thou broken forth! <B>upon </B>thee be the breach! And they called his name Pherez.</div> <div> 42:21 Then they said one to another, We are indeed guilty concerning our brother, whose anguish of soul we saw when he besought us, and we did not hearken; therefore this distress is come <B>upon </B>us.</div> <div>  <A NAME="mat26_29"><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="1x1.gif" HEIGHT="1" ALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="1" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0" ></A></div> <div> <A HREF="#11" TITLE="Psalm 16 More than refined gold My wel"><B>Matthew 26:29</B></A> But I say to you, that I will not at all drink henceforth of this fruit of the vine, until that day when I drink it new with you in the kingdom of my Father. </div> <bR> <div> copyright Steve Miller 2015</div> </td> </tr></table></body>