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Psalms 16:4

Psalms 16:4
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.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Their sorrows shall be multiplied,.... Not the sorrows of the saints and excellent ones, by seeing the idolatry of men, as Aben Ezra interprets it; but the sorrows of such

that hasten after another…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Their sorrows shall be multiplied - The word here rendered “sorrows - עצבוּת ‛atstsebôth - may mean either idols or sorrows. Compare Isa 48:5; Psa 139:24; Job 9:28; Psa 147:3. Some propose to render…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 16:1-7

This psalm is entitled Michtam, which some translate a golden psalm, a very precious one, more to be valued by us than gold, yea, than much fine gold, because it speaks so plainly of Christ and his…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Their sorrows This, and not their idols(Targ. Symm. Jer.), is the right rendering. Cp. Psa 32:10; 1Ti 6:10.

that hastenafter anothergod] The Heb. cannot be so rendered. Rightly R.V., that exchange…