The Presence of Yahweh// Acts 2:14–36
A Miktam of David.
1Preserve me, O God,
for in You I take refuge.
2I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord;
apart from You I have no good thing.”
3As for the saints in the land,
they are the excellence
in whom all my delight resides.
4Sorrows will multiply
to those who chase other gods.
I will not pour out their libations of blood,
or speak their names with my lips.
- PS 16:4[DEMONIC]Sorrows multiply for those who chase other gods
5Yahweh is my chosen portion and my cup;
You have made my lot secure.
6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places;
surely my inheritance is delightful.
7I will bless Yahweh who counsels me;
even at night my conscience instructs me.
8I have set Yahweh always before me.
Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
- PS 16:8[PROPHECY]The Holy One sets Yahweh always before Him and will not be shaken → ACTS 2:25
- PS 16:8[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 2:25-28
- PS 16:8[MESSIAH SPEAKING]Red letters here mean the Messiah is speaking. Peter said David was a prophet who saw ahead and spoke about the resurrection of Christ, Acts 2:25 to 31, and Paul said the same, Acts 13:35. Many Jewish readers hear David speaking about himself.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;
my body also will dwell securely.
- PS 16:9[PROPHECY]He would rise from the dead → JN 20:9
10For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol,
nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
- PS 16:10[PROPHECY]His body would not see corruption (decay) in the tomb → ACTS 2:31; 13:35
- PS 16:10[QUOTED]Quoted in the New Testament → ACTS 13:35
- PS 16:10[NOTE]SHEOL is the place of the dead. David died and was buried, Peter said, and his tomb is still here, but Jesus' body did not rot, Acts 2:29 to 31.
11You have made known to me the path of life;
You will fill me with joy in Your presence,
with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.