Thou wilt show me the path of life
Not the way of life and salvation for lost sinners, which is
Christ himself; but the resurrection of the dead, which is a
passing from death to life; and was shown to Christ, not
doctrinally, or by illuminating his mind, and leading him into
the doctrine of it, for so he himself has brought it to light by
the Gospel; practically and experimentally, by raising him the
dead, or by causing him to pass from death to life; and he was
the first to whom the path of life was shown in this sense, or
the that who ever trod in it, and so has led the way for others:
hence he is called the that fruits of them that slept, the
firstborn and first begotten from the dead; for though others
were raised before, yet not to an immortal life, never to die
more, as he was; now the view, the faith, and hope of this, of
not being left in the grave so long as to see corruption, and of
being raised from the dead to an immortal life, caused joy and
gladness in Christ, at the time of his sufferings and death, as
well as what follows;
in thy presence [is] fulness of joy:
Christ, being raised from the dead, ascended to heaven, and was
received up into glory into his Father's presence, and is
glorified with his own self, with his glorious presence, for
which he prayed, ( John 17:5 ) ; and which
fills his human nature with fulness of joy, with a joy
unspeakable and full of glory; see ( Acts 2:28 ) ; and as it
is with the head it will be with the members in some measure; now
the presence of God puts more joy and gladness into them than
anything else can do; but as yet their joy is not full; but it
will be when they shall enter into the joy of their Lord, into
the presence of God in the other world then everlasting joy will
be upon their heads;
at thy right hand [there are] pleasures for
evermore;
Christ being entered into heaven is set down at the right hand of
God in human nature, an honour which is not conferred on any of
the angels, ( Hebrews 1:13
) ; where the man Christ Jesus is infinitely delighted with the
presence of God, the never fading joys of heaven, the company of
angels and glorified saints; here he sits and sees of the travail
of his soul; he prolongs his days and sees his seed, souls called
by grace, and brought to glory one after another, until they are
all brought in, in whom is all his delight; and which was the joy
set before him at the time of his sufferings and death: or the
words may be rendered "in thy right are pleasant things for ever"
F25, and may design those gifts and
graces, which Christ, being exalted at the right hand of God,
received from thence and gives to men, for the use and service,
of his church and people, in the several successive ages of time;
and so Aben Ezra takes the words to be an allusion to a man's
giving pleasant gifts to his friend with his right hand.