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10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
    nor let your devout one see the pit.[a](A)

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  1. 16:10 Nor let your devout one see the pit: Hebrew shahath means here the pit, a synonym for Sheol, the underworld. The Greek translation derives the word here and elsewhere from the verb shahath, “to be corrupt.” On the basis of the Greek, Acts 2:25–32; 13:35–37 apply the verse to Christ’s resurrection, “Nor will you suffer your holy one to see corruption.”

10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(A)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(B) see decay.(C)

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  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy

Lord, you brought my soul up from Sheol;
    you let me live, from going down to the pit.[a](A)

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  1. 30:4 Sheol…pit: the shadowy underworld residence of the spirits of the dead, here a metaphor for near-death.

Sing(A) the praises of the Lord, you his faithful people;(B)
    praise his holy name.(C)

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