The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
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Gill's Exposition
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places,.... The allusion is to the measuring of land by lines, and appropriating each part to the proper owners; and lines design the land that is measured out…
Barnes' Notes
The lines - The word used here refers to the “lines” employed in measuring and dividing land, Amo 7:17; 2Sa 8:2. Hence, the word comes to denote a portion of land that is “measured out” (or that is…
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…
Cambridge Bible
The lines&c. Portions of land measured by line and distributed by lot. The language is still figurative. Jehovah is to him as the choicest of possessions in the goodly land. (Psa 16:16; Psa 27:4; Psa…
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