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Psalms 16:4

King James Version (KJV)

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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.

Psalms 16:4 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Psalms 16:4

Theological / Devotional

Sorrows. Those who choose another god than Jehovah will have continued sorrow, whereas the psalmist receives only good from the one true God.

Drink offerings of blood. Whereas wine was used as a “drink offering” in the worship of Jehovah (Ex. 29:40; Num. 15:5, 7), this phrase seems to imply that the blood of animals was used for a similar purpose by the heathen. To the Hebrew this was a repulsive idea (see Gen. 9:4; Lev. 3:17 ; 7:26). David would have no part whatsoever in the worship of heathen gods. He would not even soil his lips by mentioning their names.

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