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Sunday, November 18. 2018

From today's Lectionary


Psalm 16


 16:1 Protect me, O God, for in you I take refuge.


16:2 I say to the LORD, "You are my Lord; I have no good apart from you."


16:3 As for the holy ones in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight.


16:4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their drink offerings of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips.


16:5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.


16:6 The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; I have a goodly heritage.


16:7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.


16:8 I keep the LORD always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.


16:9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my soul rejoices; my body also rests secure.


16:10 For you do not give me up to Sheol, or let your faithful one see the Pit.


16:11 You show me the path of life. In your presence there is fullness of joy; in your right hand are pleasures forevermore.


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Psalm 16:6 has always been a verse I repeat to myself during all the triumphs and travails of my living. Yes, looking through the eyes of faith and the heart of hope, the boundary lines have indeed fallen for me in pleasant places even when I am fearful and sorrowful. Thanks to God and those He sent before me in the faith, I can claim a goodly heritage.
#1 SCReader on 2018-11-18 15:55 (Reply)
Would it be possible to post the version of the Bible the Lectionary is taken from?

I particularly enjoy the Quotes from the King James Bible for their beauty of expression.
When it is not KJV, I am still curious which version is being presented.

Thanks.
#2 Steve on 2018-11-18 22:23 (Reply)
1. The first few verses must be understood together - the phrase "my good is but in you" provides the predicate for the next verse. The meaning is:
You are my only benefactor (as you were for) the holy interred in the earth, and the spiritually mighty in whom i delight.

4. Verse 4 uses a play on words- same root is used for an idolatrous stele and sadness/melancholy. Literally:
They increase their idols/sorrows, they slide quickly backwards, their bloody libations i shall not pour, or utter their names on my lips.

Verse 5:... You hold my destiny/fate.

Verse 6 is clumsily translated, missing the connection to the idea of "my portion/inheritance" in the previous verse. "Boundary lines" simply means estate/parcel of land.

Verse 8: "because" should be "surely"

Verse 9: ... my body shall rest secure. Future tense sets up the next verse.

Sheol and the pit are words exclusively used for the grave.

Verse 11; present tense can also be translated as a request: teach/inform me the path of life...
#3 Ben david on 2018-11-19 03:25 (Reply)

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