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Psalm 16:11 KJV
Psalms · chapter 16 · verse 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.Psalm 16:11 · King James Version
What Psalm 16:11 means
Fulness of joy is located rather than described: in thy presence. The psalm doesn't offer joy as a mood to work up. Peter quoted this psalm at Pentecost and applied it to the resurrection, which is why the path of life reads the way it does.
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Psalm 16:11 in context
9Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Commentary
Cross references
- Acts 2:28
- Jude 1:24
- Psalms 36:7-8
- Revelation 7:15-17
- Ephesians 3:19
- Psalms 21:4-6
- Proverbs 4:18
- Psalms 17:15
Key words (Strong's)
- pleasuresnâʻîymdelightfulH5273 →
- presencepânîymthe faceH6440 →
- fulnesssôbaʻsatisfaction joy)H7648 →
- shewyâdaʻto knowH3045 →
- pathʼôracha well-trodden roadH734 →
- lifechayaliveH2416 →
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All these verses are quoted by St. Peter in his first sermon, after the pouring out of the Spirit on the day of pentecost (Act 2:25-28); and he tells us expressly that David in them speaks concerning Christ and particularly of his resurrection.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-11