I have set the Lord always before me: for he is at my right hand: therefore I [a]shall not slide.

Wherefore [b]mine heart is glad, and my tongue rejoiceth: my flesh also doth rest in hope.

10 For thou [c]wilt not leave my soul in the grave: neither wilt thou suffer thine holy One to see corruption.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:8 The faithful are sure to persevere to the end.
  2. Psalm 16:9 That is, I rejoice both in body and in soul.
  3. Psalm 16:10 This is chiefly meant of Christ, by whose resurrection all his members have immortality.

I keep my eyes always on the Lord.
    With him at my right hand,(A) I will not be shaken.(B)

Therefore my heart is glad(C) and my tongue rejoices;
    my body also will rest secure,(D)
10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(E)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(F) see decay.(G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy