--- title: "Psalms 16 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible" description: "Read Psalms 16 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But" image: "/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg" url: "https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16" --- [ Read](/kjv/psalms/16)[ Commentary](/study/psalms/16)[ Interlinear](/interlinear/psalms/16) Audio 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust.* 2 *O my soul*, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou *art* my Lord: my goodness *extendeth* not to thee; 3 *But* to the saints that *are* in the earth, and *to* the excellent, in whom *is* all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied *that* hasten *after* another *god:* their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.* 5 The LORD *is* the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.* 6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant *places;* yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. 8 I have set the LORD always before me: because *he is* at my right hand, I shall not be moved. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.* 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence *is* fulness of joy; at thy right hand *there are* pleasures for evermore. [Psalms 15](/study/psalms/15) [Psalms 17](/study/psalms/17) ## Commentary To verse 1 [Psalms 16:0](/kjv/psalms/16/0). *David, in distrust of merit, and hatred of idolatry, fleeth to God for preservation: he sheweth the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting.* Michtam of David. ***Title.*****לדוד********מכתם*********miktam ledavid: Michtam of David.*****—** *David's sculpture.*This title occurs before some other Psalms, and it is rendered constantly by the LXX, στηλογραφια, "an inscription for, or to be engraved on, a pillar." Houbigant translates it, *arcanum, secret.*It seems to mean, that those Psalms to which this word is prefixed are especially remarkable, and worthy of everlasting remembrance; worthy to be written in golden letters, and set up in some public place *to teach;*for so it is expressed [Psalms 60:0](/kjv/psalms/60/0).; that is, that the people might learn them, and be able to join. This Psalm, besides the admirable expressions of David's faith and confidence in God, when, as it is supposed, he was violently persecuted by Saul, contains a very remarkable prophecy concerning our Lord Jesus Christ, and particularly his resurrection from the dead. See the remarks on the title of [Psalms 60:0](/kjv/psalms/60/0). ***[Psalms 16:1](/kjv/psalms/16/1)*****.*****Preserve me, O God,*****&c.—** The application which St. Peter makes of a great part of this Psalm to Jesus Christ, Act 2:25-31 obliges us to look upon it as a prophesy, wherein he himself is introduced as speaking to God the Father. These first words of the Psalm, *Preserve me, O God,*&c. briefly comprehend the prayer of Jesus Christ to his Father, related [John 17:2](/kjv/john/17/2); Joh 17:26 and that which he made to him in his agony, [Matthew 26:39](/kjv/matthew/26/39); [Matthew 26:42](/kjv/matthew/26/42); Mat 26:44 together with that great confidence in the love of God his Father, which he shewed even to his death; which made his enemies insultingly say to him on the cross, *Let him deliver him now, if he will have him.* ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com","name":"Real Bible Believers","description":"RBB","publisher":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/search?q={search_term_string}","query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16#primaryimage","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/_app/immutable/assets/missing.C7wGMEZ6.jpg","width":672,"height":448,"caption":"Real Bible Believers"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16#webpage","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16","name":"Psalms 16 - Study King James Bible with cokes commentary on the holy bible","isPartOf":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16#primaryimage"},"author":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509"},"description":"Read Psalms 16 with cokes commentary on the holy bible commentary. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the LORD, Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/","name":"Home"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study","name":"Study Bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible","name":"cokes commentary on the holy bible"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":4,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms","name":"Psalms"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":5,"item":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/study/cokes-commentary-on-the-holy-bible/psalms/16","name":"16"}}]},{"@type":["Person","Organization"],"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#/schema/person/e966585dde703268e7f6ae890ea98509","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo","inLanguage":"en-US","url":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","contentUrl":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/android-chrome-512x512.png","width":512,"height":512},"logo":{"@id":"https://realbiblebelievers.com/#personlogo"},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/RBiblebeliever","https://www.facebook.com/RBibleBelievers"]}]} ```