Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 16:11

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

(i. e.) Give me an exact and experimental knowledge of it for my own Comfort, and the benefit of my People.

(i. e.) The way that leadeth to Life, not to a temporal and mortal Life here, for he is supposed to be dead and buried, v. 10. But to an endless and immortal, and blessed Life after death in the presence of God, as it followeth; the way to which is by the Resurrection of the Body. So the Sence is▪ Thou wilst raise me from the Grave▪ and Conduct me to the place and state of everlasting Felicity.

Heb With or before my Face. (i. e.) In that heavenly Paradise, where thou art graciously and gloriously present, where thou dost clearly and fully discover thy Face, and the light of thy Countenance; whereas in this Life thou hidest thy Face and shewest us only thy Back-parts, and we are in a state of absence from thee, and see thee only through a Glass darkly, and enjoy thee but in part.

(i. e.) Full and perfect joy and Satisfaction, which it is in vain to expect in this Life, and is only to be found in the sight of thee. See Exod. 33. 14. Psal. 17. 15. Mat. 5. 8. 1. Ioh. 3. 2.

Which he mentions as a place of greatest Honour, as this was Gen. 48. 13, &c. 1 Kings 2. 19. Psal. 45. 9. and the place where the Elect and Saints are placed at the last day, Mat. 25. 33, &c. and lastly, at the place where Christ himself is said to sit, Psal. 110. 1. Mat. 26. 64. Col. 3. 1. Heb. 1. 3.

Everlasting delights in the Contemplation and fruition of God.

Marginal references: Psal. 21. 6▪