Article August 11, 1934 Issue

Bible Notes

"The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places" (Ps. 16:6)—The Hebrew word "chebel" can mean "measuring line"; but the sense was often extended to include the territory measured or enclosed by the line; hence the meaning "measured portion, lot, part, region" (cf. Brown, Driver, Briggs: Hebrew Lexicon, p. 286) or, metaphorically, "fortune or lot." Consequently, Moffatt is justified in translating: "Fair prospects are allotted me."

"My reins also instruct me in the night seasons" (Ps. 16:7)—Kent renders: "In the night also mine heart instructeth me;" while Smith translates: "In the night also my thoughts instruct me."

"My heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth" (Ps. 16:9)—Scholars contend that the words "my glory" do not seem natural in this context. Moffatt translates: "And so my heart and soul rejoice." (See Brown, etc., op. cit., p. 458, and Kittel: "Biblia Hebraica.")

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