Psalms 16

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Psalm 16 is a short psalm of trust that the apostles read as a prophecy of the resurrection. David takes refuge in God, confesses that apart from him he has no good thing, refuses the gods whose worshipers multiply their sorrows, and calls the LORD his portion, his cup, and his pleasant inheritance. Because the LORD is at his right hand he will not be shaken; his heart is glad, his body rests secure, and God will not abandon his soul to the grave or let his Holy One see decay. It ends on the path of life, joy in God's presence, and eternal pleasures at his right hand.

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Psalm 16 is eleven verses long and contains a whole theology of contentment. David begins by asking God to preserve him, and then explains why he expects it: he has taken refuge in God, and he has made God his only good. Around him are people multiplying their sorrows by chasing other gods; he will not so much as speak their names. Instead he uses the language Israel used for the land. The LORD is his portion, his cup, his allotted inheritance, and the boundary lines have fallen in pleasant places. He is counseled at night, he keeps the LORD always before him, and because God is at his right hand he will not be shaken. The last three verses are the ones the apostles could not stop quoting. My heart is glad, my body rests secure, you will not abandon my soul to Sheol or let your Holy One see decay, you have made known to me the path of life. Peter stood up at Pentecost with these words and pointed out that David's tomb was a short walk away; David saw decay. Someone else did not. The psalm that began as a prayer for preservation ends, in the church's reading, as the first announcement of an empty tomb, and with a promise for everyone who takes refuge in the same God: joy in his presence, and pleasures at his right hand forever.

主要な箇所

Acts 2:25-28 Acts 13:35-37

Historical and literary context

The heading calls the psalm a Miktam of David, a term whose meaning is uncertain. Its language of portion, cup, boundary lines, and inheritance draws on the allotment of the land to the tribes; David says that his allotment is the LORD himself. Peter quoted verses 8 to 11 in his Pentecost sermon in Acts 2, arguing that David, who died and was buried, could not have been speaking of himself, and Paul made the same argument at Pisidian Antioch in Acts 13. The psalm thus became one of the church's earliest scriptural proofs of the resurrection of Jesus.

How the chapter unfolds

Verse 1 is the prayer: preserve me, for I take refuge in you. Verses 2 to 4 declare allegiance: the LORD is my Lord and my only good, the saints are my delight, the other gods are refused. Verses 5 and 6 name the LORD as portion, cup, and pleasant inheritance. Verses 7 and 8 speak of counsel by night and of keeping the LORD always before him at his right hand. Verses 9 to 11 draw the conclusion: gladness, security, a soul not abandoned to Sheol, a Holy One who will not see decay, and the path of life into God's presence and eternal joy.

Why this chapter matters

Psalm 16 gives one of the Bible's most complete pictures of contentment in God: he is the psalmist's only good, his portion, his counselor, his security, his joy, and his future. Verse 8, "I have set the LORD always before me," has been a rule of life for centuries of believers. Verses 10 and 11 became foundational for Christian preaching about the resurrection, quoted in the first sermon in Acts, and they express a hope beyond death that is rare in the Psalms. Verse 11's "eternal pleasures at Your right hand" is one of Scripture's clearest affirmations that joy, not merely survival, is what God has in store.

Interpretive tension to watch

Did David expect to escape death, or to be preserved from an untimely death, or to rise? Peter and Paul read the psalm as fulfilled in Christ precisely because David did die and see decay. The psalm speaks first from David's own confidence in God's care and then, in the apostles' reading, beyond what David could see. Holding both readings, the original trust and the fuller fulfillment, is how the New Testament itself reads it.

この章のための質問

The psalm says "apart from You I have no good thing." What would it take to say that sentence honestly?
David calls the LORD his portion and inheritance, using the language of the land allotment. What does it mean to treat God rather than property as your inheritance?
Peter argued that this psalm could not finally be about David because David's tomb was still in Jerusalem. What does the psalm gain when it is read of Christ?

Study with context

Use this as a chapter guide, then press deeper into the text itself. The goal is to slow down observation, notice structure, and ask better questions before jumping to conclusions.

ノートに追加

1 大卫的金诗。　神啊，求你保佑我，因为我投靠你。 2 [我的心哪]，你曾对耶和华说：你是我的主；我的好处不在你以外。 3 论到世上的圣民，他们又美又善，是我最喜悦的。 4 以别[神]代替[耶和华]的，他们的愁苦必加增；他们所浇奠的血我不献上；我嘴唇也不提别神的名号。 5 耶和华是我的产业，是我杯中的分；我所得的，你为我持守。 6 用绳量给我的地界，坐落在佳美之处；我的产业实在美好。 7 我必称颂那指教我的耶和华；我的心肠在夜间也警戒我。 8 我将耶和华常摆在我面前，因他在我右边，我便不致摇动。 9 因此，我的心欢喜，我的灵快乐；我的肉身也要安然居住。 10 因为你必不将我的灵魂撇在阴间，也不叫你的圣者见朽坏。 11 你必将生命的道路指示我。在你面前有满足的喜乐；在你右手中有永远的福乐。

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