“Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.”
The reflection that those who run after other gods shall have multiplied sorrows establishes warning against idolatry and divided loyalty. The multiplying of sorrows suggests that pursuit of false gods produces suffering and spiritual emptiness. The contrast implies that exclusive devotion to God avoids this multiplication of sorrows. This verse establishes that the speaker's choice of God excludes both idolatry and the suffering it entails.
Church Fathers on Psalms 16:4
The inscription of the title, of David himself. 1. Our King in this Psalm speaks in the character of the human nature He assumed, of whom the royal title at the time of His passion was eminently set forth. 2. Now He says as follows; “Preserve me, O Lord, for in You have I hoped” Psalm 15:1: “I have said to the Lord, You are my God, for You require not my goods” Psalm 15:2: for with my goods Thou dost not look to be made blessed. 3. “To the saints who are on His earth”…
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