The Pulpit Commentary on Psalms 16:6

The Pulpit Commentary · Joseph S. Exell and contributors · Public domain

The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places. The "lines" which marked out the place of his abode (comp. Deuteronomy 32:9; Joshua 17:5). These had fallen to him "in pleasant places"—in Jerusalem and its near vicinity.

Yea, I have a goodly heritage. Some explain "heritage" here by the "inheritance" of Psalms 16:5. But the word used is different; and it is most natural to understand David's earthly heritage, or lot in life.

This, he says, is "pleasing" or "delightsome" to him.

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