Psalm 16:8-9
“I have set the LORD always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved. Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.”
King James Version
David's confidence that God will not abandon him to the grave — cited by Peter at Pentecost as a prophecy of Christ's resurrection.
Fulfillment References
Acts 2:25-28 Acts 13:35 Psalm 16:10 1 Corinthians 15:4
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalPeter preached this at the Acts 2:38 Pentecost: the resurrection of Jesus, the Holy One whose flesh did not see corruption — the one God raising the Man in whom He dwelt.
JewishDavid's trust in God's deliverance and presence; read of the psalmist's confidence in life, not a bodily resurrection of the Messiah.
CatholicPeter applies it to Christ's resurrection (Acts 2:25-31) — David's words fulfilled in the One who did not see corruption.
ProtestantPeter's Pentecost argument: David died and was buried, so 'thou wilt not leave my soul in hell' must speak prophetically of Christ's resurrection.
OrthodoxChrist's incorrupt body in the tomb and His resurrection, foreseen by David in the Spirit.
DispensationalThe resurrection of the Messiah, the Holy One who did not see corruption.
AcademicOriginally a psalm of trust in deliverance from death; the NT's resurrection reading depends on Peter's argument that David, having died, spoke of another.
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