Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 16:9 - 16:9

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Psalms 16:9 - 16:9


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Therefore; upon this ground and confidence. My heart; the proper seat of joy, and of all the affections.



My glory; either,



1. My soul, which isindeed the glory of a man. Or rather,



2. My tongue, which also is a man’s glory and privilege above all other living creatures, and the instrument of glorifying both God and man; and which is oft called a man’s glory, as Gen_49:6 Psa_30:12 57:8 108:1 149:5. And so this very word is translated Act_2:26. And thus the distinction between heart, and glory, and



flesh is more certain and evident. Rejoiceth; or, exulteth, i.e. declares or expresseth my inward joy. For this verb signifies not so much internal joy, as the outward and visible demonstrations of it in words or gestures and carriages.



My flesh shall rest, i.e. my body shall quietly and sweetly rest in the grave, to which I am hastening.



In hope, i.e. in confident assurance of its incorruption there, and of its resurrection to a blessed and immortal life, as it is explained, Psa_16:10,11. The flesh or body is in itself but a dead and senseless lump of clay, yet hope is here ascribed to it figuratively, as it is to the brute creatures, Rom_8:19, because there is matter and foundation for such hope, if it were capable of it, the good promised and expected being certainly future.