Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
David opens by casting himself wholly on God's protection, for he knows that solid happiness rests in God alone and nowhere else. He strips away all false devotions and pledges himself entirely to the Lord, who sustains His people in every needful thing.
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Commenting on Psalm 16:1-11
He clearly foresaw that he must die, for he speaks of his flesh resting, and of his soul in the abode of separate spirits; death was full before his face, or he would not have mentioned corruption; but such was his devout reliance upon his God, that he sang over the tomb, and rejoiced in vision of the sepulchre.
Peter himself declared that David here prophesies of Christ's resurrection, not merely his own piety. The Old Testament prophets testified beforehand to the Messiah's sufferings and glory, and this Psalm is precisely such prophecy, unlocked by the New Testament itself.
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Commenting on Psalm 16:8-11