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Psalm 16:6
The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
4Their sorrows shall be multiplied who give gifts to another god. Their drink offerings of blood I will not offer, nor take their names on my lips.
5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
6The lines have fallen to me in pleasant places. Yes, I have a good inheritance.
7I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
8I have set the LORD always before me. Because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Boundary lines mark out a received share, and the speaker’s delight in that share raises the question of what makes an inheritance good.
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Jeremiah 3:19“But I said, ‘How I desire to put you among the children, and give you a pleasant land, a goodly heritage of the armies of the nations!’ and I said, ‘You shall …Both passages describe a pleasant inheritance, with Jeremiah joining the gift of land to God’s desire to be called Father.
Psalm 21:1–3For the Chief Musician. A Psalm by David. The king rejoices in your strength, LORD! How greatly he rejoices in your salvation!Both express gladness over good received from the LORD: an assigned inheritance in Psalm 16 and strength and salvation in Psalm 21.
Ephesians 1:18having the eyes of your hearts enlightened, that you may know what is the hope of his calling, and what are the riches of the glory of his inheritance in the …Both name an inheritance worth recognizing as good; Ephesians speaks of knowing the riches of its glory among the saints.
Hebrews 12:2looking to Jesus, the author and perfecter of faith, who for the joy that was set before him endured the cross, despising its shame, and has sat down at the …Joy is the broad link: the psalm celebrates a good inheritance, while Hebrews names the joy set before Jesus as he endured the cross.
Psalm 78:55He also drove out the nations before them, allotted them for an inheritance by line, and made the tribes of Israel to dwell in their tents.Both use lines to describe an allotted inheritance; Psalm 78 names the tribes of Israel receiving places to dwell.
1 Corinthians 3:21–23Therefore let no one boast in men. For all things are yours,Both speak of something possessed: the speaker’s good inheritance in the psalm and all things belonging to those Paul addresses.
Romans 8:17and if children, then heirs—heirs of God and joint heirs with Christ, if indeed we suffer with him, that we may also be glorified with him.Inheritance links the passages; Romans identifies God’s children as heirs with Christ and names suffering with him alongside future glory.
Revelation 3:21He who overcomes, I will give to him to sit down with me on my throne, as I also overcame and sat down with my Father on his throne.The link is a received good: an inheritance in the psalm and a promised place with Jesus on his throne in Revelation.
Philippians 2:9–11Therefore God also highly exalted him, and gave to him the name which is above every name,Both describe a good gift received, though the psalm concerns an inheritance and Philippians concerns the name God gave Jesus.
2 Timothy 2:12If we endure, we will also reign with him. If we deny him, he also will deny us.The connection is broad: a good inheritance in the psalm and a promise of reigning with Christ in Timothy, where endurance is required.
John 20:17Jesus said to her, “Don’t hold me, for I haven’t yet ascended to my Father; but go to my brothers and tell them, ‘I am ascending to my Father and your Father, …The link is indirect: the psalm celebrates a God-given portion, while Jesus speaks of his Father as his followers’ Father.
Micah 2:5Therefore you will have no one who divides the land by lot in the LORD’s assembly.Both use the language of land allocation; the psalm celebrates an allotted share, while Micah warns of exclusion from that division.
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You do not have to call every circumstance pleasant to hear this glad confession: the speaker credits YHWH with securing a share he can call good.
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