Psalm 16:9
9 Therefore my heart [leb] is glad, [samach] and my glory [kabowd] rejoiceth: [giyl] my flesh [basar] also shall rest [shakan] in
hope. [betach] KJV-Interlinear
9
Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoices; My flesh also will dwell
securely. NASB
The heart is often used
as a symbol of the active function of the soul.
And as the physical heart in the physical body, serves as a pump for
keeping the blood moving, so then the heart function within the soul, refers to
the activity of thought that keeps moving in the soul.
Glory here is a reference
to the splendor or essence of ones entire self.
When the heart or soul is
happy, then that overflows to the entire total essence of the person.
Flesh resting in hope, is
a reference to resurrection.
In the natural sense, the
physical body will live and then die and decay into nothing. But to rest in hope, indicates the view of
another life that follows this one. That
life continues after death. That death
is not simply an end and then nothing.
David, looks beyond this
life with confidence that yet another life will be there as promised by God.
Therefore with God
located at ones right hand, and that refers to the total content of the
scriptures as they are available to each person, then with that knowledge and
growth in ones spiritual life, confidence follows naturally as the believer
knows and believes and has confidence that this life is not all that there is,
but there is something better and certain, and God controls it all.
Therefore a unique inner happiness
and positive view of life results, regardless of the circumstances that you may
have in this life.
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