Psalms 16 · Verse 9

Psalms 16:9

Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
Psalms 16:9, King James Version

Psalms 16:9 in other translations

BSBTherefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
WEBTherefore my heart is glad, and my tongue rejoices. My body shall also dwell in safety.
ASVTherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: My flesh also shall dwell in safety.
YLTTherefore hath my heart been glad, And my honour doth rejoice, Also my flesh dwelleth confidently:
DARBYTherefore my heart rejoiceth, and my glory exulteth; my flesh moreover shall dwell in hope.
BBEBecause of this my heart is glad, and my glory is full of joy: while my flesh takes its rest in hope.
WebsterTherefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

What does Psalms 16:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. glory--as heart (Psa 7:5), for self. In Ac 2:26, after the Septuagint, "my tongue" as "the glory of the frame"--the instrument for praising God. flesh--If taken as opposed to soul (Psa 16:10), it may mean the body; otherwise, the whole person (compare Psa 63:1; 84:2). rest in hope--(compare Margin).

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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 9 Therefore my heart is glad - Unutterably happy in God; always full of the Divine presence; because whatsoever I do pleaseth him. The man Christ Jesus must be constantly in communion with God, because he was without spot and blemish. My glory rejoiceth - My tongue, so called by the Hebrews, (see Psa 57:8; Psa 30:12), because it was bestowed on us to glorify God, and because it is our glory, being the instrument of expressing our thoughts by words. See Dodd. But soul bids as fair to be the meaning. See the notes on Act 2:25, etc. My flesh also shall rest in hope - There is no sense in which these and the following words can be spoken of David. Jesus, even on the cross, and breathing out his soul with his life, saw that his rest in the grave would be very short: just a sufficiency of time to prove the reality of his death, but not long enough to produce corruption; and this is well argued by St. Peter, Act 2:31.

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Psalms 16:9 in the original Hebrew

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לָכֵ֤ן\׀la.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
שָׂמַ֣חsa.Machit is gladH8055
לִ֭בִּיLi.biheart myH3820
וַיָּ֣גֶלvai.Ya.geland it rejoicedH1523
כְּבוֹדִ֑יke.vo.Dihonor myH3519
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
בְּ֝שָׂרִ֗יbe.sa.Ribody myH1320
יִשְׁכֹּ֥ןyish.Konit will dwellH7931
לָבֶֽטַח\׃la.Ve.tachto securityH983

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Cross references for Psalms 16:9

  • Acts 2:26

    Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope:

  • Psalms 30:12

    To the end that my glory may sing praise to thee, and not be silent. O Lord my God, I will give thanks unto thee for ever.

  • Psalms 57:8

    Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.

  • Psalms 4:7-8

    Thou hast put gladness in my heart, more than in the time that their corn and their wine increased. I will both lay me down in peace, and sleep: for thou, Lord, only makest me dwell in safety.

  • Psalms 108:1

    A Song or Psalm of David. O God, my heart is fixed; I will sing and give praise, even with my glory.

  • Luke 10:21-22

    In that hour Jesus rejoiced in spirit, and said, I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth, that thou hast hid these things from the wise and prudent, and hast revealed them unto babes: even so, Father; for so it seemed good in thy sight. All things are delivered to me of my Father: and no man knoweth who the Son is, but the Father; and who the Father is, but the Son, and he to whom the Son will reveal him.

  • Job 19:26-27

    And though after my skin worms destroy this body, yet in my flesh shall I see God: Whom I shall see for myself, and mine eyes shall behold, and not another; though my reins be consumed within me.

  • Job 14:14-15

    If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come. Thou shalt call, and I will answer thee: thou wilt have a desire to the work of thine hands.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

    But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope. For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • James 3:5-9

    Even so the tongue is a little member, and boasteth great things. Behold, how great a matter a little fire kindleth! And the tongue is a fire, a world of iniquity: so is the tongue among our members, that it defileth the whole body, and setteth on fire the course of nature; and it is set on fire of hell. For every kind of beasts, and of birds, and of serpents, and of things in the sea, is tamed, and hath been tamed of mankind: But the tongue can no man tame; it is an unruly evil, full of deadly poison. …

  • Isaiah 26:19

    Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

  • Proverbs 14:32

    The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
my heart.
Lu 10:21,22
my glory.
30:12; 57:8; Ac 2:26; Jas 3:5-9
my flesh.
Job 14:14,15; 19:26,27; Pr 14:32; Isa 26:19; 1Th 4:13,14
rest in hope. Heb. dwell confidently.

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Context

  • Psalms 16:8

    I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

  • Psalms 16:9

    Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.

  • Psalms 16:10

    For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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Psalms 16:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Alegróse por tanto mi corazón, y se gozó mi gloria: también mi carne reposará segura.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi mon cœur se réjouit, et mon âme s’égaie; même ma chair reposera en assurance.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum freut sich mein Herz, und frohlockt meine Seele. Auch mein Fleisch wird in Sicherheit ruhen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
a facie impiorum qui me afflixerunt. Inimici mei animam meam circumdederunt;