Psalm 16 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

hell.The word hell, from the Saxon {hillan} or {helan,} to hide, or from {holl,}, a cavern, though now used only for the place of torment, anciently denoted the concealed or unseen place of the dead in general; corresponding to the Greek [adev,] i.e., [o aidev topos,] the invisible place and the Hebrew {sheol,} from {shaal,} to ask, seek, the place and state of those who are out of the way, and to be sought for.neither.

Acts 2:27‑31• ²⁷for thou wilt not leave my soul in hades, nor wilt thou give thy gracious one to see corruption.
²⁸Thou hast made known to me the paths of life, thou wilt fill me with joy with thy countenance.
²⁹Brethren, let it be allowed to speak with freedom to you concerning the patriarch David, that he has both died and been buried, and his monument is amongst us unto this day.
³⁰Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that God had sworn to him with an oath, of the fruit of his loins to set upon his throne;
³¹he, seeing it before, spoke concerning the resurrection of the Christ, that neither has he been left in hades nor his flesh seen corruption. (Acts 2:27‑31)

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Acts 13:35‑38• ³⁵Wherefore also he says in another, Thou wilt not suffer thy gracious one to see corruption.
³⁶For David indeed, having in his own generation ministered to the will of God, fell asleep, and was added to his fathers and saw corruption.
³⁷But he whom God raised up did not see corruption.
³⁸Be it known unto you, therefore, brethren, that through this man remission of sins is preached to you, (Acts 13:35‑38)

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1 Cor. 15:42,50‑54• ⁴²Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.
⁵⁰But this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom, nor does corruption inherit incorruptibility.
⁵¹Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
⁵²in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and *we* shall be changed.
⁵³For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.
⁵⁴But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruptibility, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the word written: Death has been swallowed up in victory. (1 Cor. 15:42,50‑54)

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Dan. 9:24• ²⁴Seventy weeks are apportioned out upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to close the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make expiation for iniquity, and to bring in the righteousness of the ages, and to seal the vision and prophet, and to anoint the holy of holies. (Dan. 9:24)

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Luke 1:35• ³⁵And the angel answering said to her, The Holy Spirit shall come upon thee, and power of the Highest overshadow thee, wherefore the holy thing also which shall be born shall be called Son of God. (Luke 1:35)

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Luke 4:34• ³⁴saying, Eh! what have we to do with thee, Jesus, Nazarene? hast thou come to destroy us? I know thee who thou art, the Holy One of God. (Luke 4:34)

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Acts 3:14• ¹⁴But *ye* denied the holy and righteous one, and asked that a man that was a murderer should be granted to you; (Acts 3:14)

• Christ here depends on Jehovah for His resurrection. He says, Thou wilt not leave, though He could say, Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it up. Yet He could say, as perfect man, Father, into thy hands I commend my spirit. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• We find that there must have been death, hades, and the grave, but they are only mentioned as the occasion of the power and faithfulness of Jehovah. The psalm is man living through, with, and in view of God in this world, and so enjoying Him forever in spite of death. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)

• Holy One is not here the same as “saints in the earth.” Saints are those set apart—consecrated to God. Thy Holy One is one walking in piety, agreeable to God. It is Christ known in this character. He is also given this name! in psalm 89:19. where read “of thy holy one.” (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)

• Remark that it is thy Holy One, One who morally belongs to God by the perfection of His character. Christians are such, only full of imperfections. They are saints, set apart to God, but they are also—and are to walk as—the “elect of God, holy and beloved:” and as such to put on the character of grace in which Christ walked. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)

• This confidence of the pious soul in the faithfulness of Jehovah, the reasoning of faith from this nature that it could not be otherwise, and the consciousness of relationship with God as His delight, is very beautiful here. It is not, “thou wilt raise me,” but it is not possible in the thought of One in whom is the power of life, that Jehovah should leave the soul that has this life in hades, far from Him in death; and the object of His delight to sink into corruption. This moral confidence and conclusion is exceedingly beautiful. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalm 16” by J.N. Darby)

J. N. Darby Translation

For thou wilt not leave my soul to Sheoll, neither wilt thou allow thy Holy Onem to see corruption.

JND Translation Notes

See Notes to Ps. 6.5 and Matt. 11.23.

Or "gracious one," chasid. see Notes to Ps. 4.3; 30.4.