New American Standard Bible 2020
Psalms 16:6
6The measuring 1lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is 2beautiful to me.
Psalms 16:6 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
- New International Version (NIV)The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places; Yes, I have a good inheritance.
Context of Psalms 16:6
4The pains of those who have acquired another god will be multiplied; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor will I take their names upon my lips. 5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me. 7I will bless the Lord who has advised me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night. 8I have set the Lord continually before me; Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
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חֲבָלִ֣ים נָֽפְלוּ־לִ֭י בַּנְּעִמִ֑ים אַף־נַ֝חֲלָ֗ת שָֽׁפְרָ֥ה עָלָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 16:6
- Psalms 78:55He also drove out the nations from them And apportioned them as an inheritance by measurement, And had the tribes of Israel dwell in their tents.
- Amos 7:17Therefore, this is what the Lord says: ‘Your wife will become a prostitute in the city, your sons and your daughters will fall by the sword, your land will be parceled up by a measuring line, and you yourself will die upon unclean soil. Furthermore Israel will certainly go from its land into exile.’”
- Psalms 21:1Lord, in Your strength the king will be glad, And in Your salvation how greatly he will rejoice!
- Hebrews 12:2looking only at Jesus, the originator and perfecter of the faith, who for the joy set before Him endured the cross, despising the shame, and has sat down at the right hand of the throne of God.
- Jeremiah 3:19“Then I said, ‘How I would set you among My sons And give you a pleasant land, The most beautiful inheritance of the nations!’ And I said, ‘You shall call Me, My Father, And not turn away from following Me.’
- John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Stop clinging to Me, for I have not yet ascended to the Father; but go to My brothers and say to them, ‘I am ascending to My Father and your Father, and My God and your God.’”
- Romans 8:17and if children, heirs also, heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with Him so that we may also be glorified with Him.
- 1 Corinthians 3:21So then, no one is to be boasting in people. For all things belong to you,
- Ephesians 1:18I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened, so that you will know what is the hope of His calling, what are the riches of the glory of His inheritance in the saints,
- Philippians 2:9For this reason also God highly exalted Him, and bestowed on Him the name which is above every name,
- 2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with Him; If we deny Him, He will also deny us;
- Revelation 3:21The one who overcomes, I will grant to him to sit with Me on My throne, as I also overcame and sat with My Father on His throne.
Commentaries on Psalms 16:6
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places - Here is an allusion to the ancient division of the land by lot among the Israelites, the breadth and length being ascertained by lines which were used in measuring. I have got a rich inheritance of immortal spirits; and I myself, as man, shall have a name above every name, and be raised to thy throne, on which I shall sit, and be admired in my saints to all eternity. I have a goodly heritage - A Church, an…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 6The lines - The word used here refers to the “lines” employed in measuring and dividing land, Amos 7:17; 2 Samuel 8:2. Hence, the word comes to denote a portion of land that is “measured out” (or that is “surveyed off”) to anyone - his possession or property; and hence, the word refers to the condition in life. The meaning here is, that in running out such a survey, “his” inheritance had been fixed in a pleasant and desirable part of the land. Are fallen…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6The land is God’s gift for his people (Deuteronomy 18:8).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2). maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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