A Supplying Verse and a Question from Psalm 16:1-3
Hi everyone! I enjoyed these three verses from Psalm 16 and one of the footnotes:
"Preserve me, O God, for I take refuge in You. I say to Jehovah, You are my Lord; / No good have I beyond You; As for the saints who are on the earth, they are the excellent; / All my delight is in them." (Psalm 16:1-3) Recovery Version
I also was touched by the footnote on the word "You" in verse 2, which says "As a man, Christ took God as His Lord (Matt. 4:7,10) and had no good (no blessing, no pleasure, and no enjoyment) beyond God as His portion (cf. Luke 18:19).
Praise the Lord! He had no blessing, pleasure or enjoyment on earth other than God Himself. It reminded me of the hymn "My goal is God Himself, not joy, nor peace. Nor even blessing, but Himself, my God."
I did have a question after reading verse three and the footnote on the word "saints" which reads:
"In His human living Christ loved God the Father (John 14:31) and delighted not in the law but in the saints, the excellent people on the earth, because they are the members of His Body, the church (Eph. 1:22b-23; 5:30)."
What does it mean that Christ delighted in the saints in His human living on the earth? Would this refer to the disciples? Or maybe the people of Israel?