Psalm 16:11 Parallel Translations

You make the path of life known to me. Complete joy is in your presence. Pleasures are by your side forever.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

ASV:

Thou wilt show me the path of life: In thy presence is fulness of joy; In thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

BBE:

You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

DBY:

Thou wilt make known to me the path of life: thy countenance is fulness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

ERV:

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; in thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

JPS:

Thou makest me to know the path of life; in Thy presence is fulness of joy, in Thy right hand bliss for evermore.

WBS:

Thou wilt show me the path of life: in thy presence is fullness of joy; at thy right hand are pleasures for evermore.

WEB:

You will show me the path of life. In your presence is fullness of joy. In your right hand there are pleasures forevermore.

YLT:

Thou causest me to know the path of life; Fulness of joys is with Thy presence, Pleasant things by Thy right hand for ever!

Psalm 16:11 Cross References

XREF:

Job 36:11 "If they hear and serve Him, They will end their days in prosperity And their years in pleasures.

Psalm 21:6 For You make him most blessed forever; You make him joyful with gladness in Your presence.

Psalm 36:7 How precious is Your lovingkindness, O God! And the children of men take refuge in the shadow of Your wings.

Psalm 36:8 They drink their fill of the abundance of Your house; And You give them to drink of the river of Your delights.

Psalm 43:4 Then I will go to the altar of God, To God my exceeding joy; And upon the lyre I shall praise You, O God, my God.

Psalm 46:4 There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, The holy dwelling places of the Most High.

Psalm 139:24 And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way.

Matthew 7:14 "For the gate is small and the way is narrow that leads to life, and there are few who find it. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

16:11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy {k} presence [is] fulness of joy; at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for evermore.
(k) Where God favours there is perfect happiness.

WES:

16:11 Life - Thou wilt raise me from the grave, and conduct me to the place and state of everlasting felicity. Presence - In that heavenly paradise, where thou art gloriously present, where thou dost clearly and fully discover the light of thy countenance; whereas in this life thou hidest thy face and shewest us only thy back - parts. Right - hand - Which he mentions as a place of the greatest honour, the place where the saints are placed at the last day, and where Christ himself is said to sit, Psal 110:1. Pleasures - All our joys are empty and defective: But in heaven there is fulness of joy. Our pleasures here are transient and momentary; but those at God's right hand are pleasures for evermore. For they are the pleasures of immortal souls, in the enjoyment of an eternal God.

MHC:

16:1-11 This psalm begins with expressions of devotion, which may be applied to Christ; but ends with such confidence of a resurrection, as must be applied to Christ, and to him only. - David flees to God's protection, with cheerful, believing confidence. Those who have avowed that the Lord is their Lord, should often put themselves in mind of what they have done, take the comfort of it, and live up to it. He devotes himself to the honour of God, in the service of the saints. Saints on earth we must be, or we shall never be saints in heaven. Those renewed by the grace of God, and devoted to the glory of God, are saints on earth. The saints in the earth are excellent ones, yet some of them so poor, that they needed to have David's goodness extended to them. David declares his resolution to have no fellowship with the works of darkness; he repeats the solemn choice he had made of God for his portion and happiness, takes to himself the comfort of the choice, and gives God the glory of it. This is the language of a devout and pious soul. Most take the world for their chief good, and place their happiness in the enjoyments of it; but how poor soever my condition is in this world, let me have the love and favour of God, and be accepted of him; let me have a title by promise to life and happiness in the future state; and I have enough. Heaven is an inheritance; we must take that for our home, our rest, our everlasting good, and look upon this world to be no more ours, than the country through which is our road to our Father's house. Those that have God for their portion, have a goodly heritage. Return unto thy rest, O my soul, and look no further. Gracious persons, though they still covet more of God, never covet more than God; but, being satisfied of his loving-kindness, are abundantly satisfied with it: they envy not any their carnal mirth and delights. But so ignorant and foolish are we, that if left to ourselves, we shall forsake our own mercies for lying vanities. God having given David counsel by his word and Spirit, his own thoughts taught him in the night season, and engaged him by faith to live to God. Verses 8-11, are quoted by St. Peter in his first sermon, after the pouring out of the Spirit on the day of Pentecost, Ac 2:25-31; he declared that David in them speaks concerning Christ, and particularly of his resurrection. And Christ being the Head of the body, the church, these verses may be applied to all Christians, guided and animated by the Spirit of Christ; and we may hence learn, that it is our wisdom and duty to set the Lord always before us. And if our eyes are ever toward God, our hearts and tongues may ever rejoice in him. Death destroys the hope of man, but not the hope of a real Christian. Christ's resurrection is an earnest of the believer's resurrection. In this world sorrow is our lot, but in heaven there is joy, a fulness of joy; our pleasures here are for a moment, but those at God's right hand are pleasures for evermore. Through this thy beloved Son, and our dear Saviour, thou wilt show us, O Lord, the path of life; thou wilt justify our souls now, and raise our bodies by thy power at the last day; when earthly sorrow shall end in heavenly joy, pain in everlasting happiness.

CONC:

17 Causest Clear Complete Countenance David Eternal Evermore Fill Forever Forevermore Fullness Fulness Joy Joys Makest Path Pleasant Pleasures Prayer Presence Psalm Shew Wilt

Bliss Causest Clear Complete Countenance David Eternal Evermore Fill Forever Forevermore Fullness Fulness Hand Joy Life Makest Path Pleasant Pleasures Prayer Presence Psalm Right Shew Show Way Wilt

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