Psalms 16

7. given me counsel--cared for me.
my reins--the supposed seat of emotion and thought ( Psalms 7:9 , 26:2 ).
instruct me--or, excite to acts of praise ( Isaiah 53:11 Isaiah 53:12 , Hebrews 12:2 ).

8. With God's presence and aid he is sure of safety ( Psalms 10:6 , 15:5 , John 12:27 John 12:28 , Hebrews 5:7 Hebrews 5:8 ).

9. glory--as heart ( Psalms 7:5 ), for self. In Acts 2:26 , after the Septuagint, "my tongue" as "the glory of the frame"--the instrument for praising God.
flesh--If taken as opposed to Soul ( Psalms 16:10 ), it may mean the body; otherwise, the whole person (compare Psalms 63:1 , 84:2 ).
rest in hope--(compare Margin).

10. soul--or, "self." This use of "soul" for the person is frequent ( Genesis 12:5 , 46:26 , Psalms 3:2 , 7:2 , 11:1 ), even when the body may be the part chiefly affected, as in Psalms 35:13 , 105:18 . Some cases are cited, as Leviticus 22:4 , Numbers 6:6 , Numbers 9:6 Numbers 9:10 , 19:13 , Haggai 2:13 , &c., which seem to justify assigning the meaning of body, or dead body; but it will be found that the latter sense is given by some adjunct expressed or implied. In those cases person is the proper sense.
wilt not leave . . . hell--abandon to the power of ( Job 39:14 , Psalms 49:10 ). Hell as ( Genesis 42:38 , Psalms 6:5 , Jonah 2:2 ) the state or region of death, and so frequently--or the grave itself ( Job 14:13 , 17:13 , Ecclesiastes 9:10 , &c.). So the Greek Hades (compare Acts 2:27 Acts 2:31 ). The context alone can settle whether the state mentioned is one of suffering and place of the damned (compare Psalms 9:17 , Proverbs 5:5 , 7:27 ).
wilt . . . suffer--literally, "give" or "appoint."
Holy One--( Psalms 4:3 ), one who is the object of God's favor, and so a recipient of divine grace which he exhibits--pious.
to see--or, "experience"--undergo ( Luke 2:26 ).
corruption--Some render the word, the pit, which is possible, but for the obvious sense which the apostle's exposition ( Acts 2:27 , Acts 13:36 Acts 13:37 ) gives. The sense of the whole passage is clearly this: by the use of flesh and soul, the disembodied state produced by death is indicated; but, on the other hand, no more than the state of death is intended; for the last clause of Psalms 16:10 is strictly parallel with the first, and Holy One corresponds to soul, and corruption to hell. As Holy One, or David ( Acts 13:36 Acts 13:37 ), which denotes the person, including soul and body, is used for body, of which only corruption can be predicated (compare Acts 2:31 ); so, on the contrary, soul, which literally means the immaterial part, is used for the person. The language may be thus paraphrased, "In death I shall hope for resurrection; for I shall not be left under its dominion and within its bounds, or be subject to the corruption which ordinarily ensues."

11. Raised from the dead, he shall die no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
Thou wilt show me--guide me to attain.
the path of life--or, "lives"--the plural denoting variety and abundance--immortal blessedness of every sort--as "life" often denotes.
in thy presence--or, "before Thy faces." The frequent use of this plural form for "faces" may contain an allusion to the Trinity ( Numbers 6:25 Numbers 6:26 , Psalms 17:15 , 31:16 ).
at thy right hand--to which Christ was exalted ( Psalms 110:1 , Acts 2:33 , Colossians 3:1 , Hebrews 1:3 ). In the glories of this state, He shall see of the travail ( Isaiah 53:10 Isaiah 53:11 , Philippians 2:9 ) of His soul, and be satisfied.