Psalm 16:10
“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
KJV
Read in Psalm 16Meaning
Confidence that God will not abandon the speaker to Sheol or let the “holy one” see corruption carries hope beyond death; Sheol should not simply be equated with every later concept of hell, and Acts 2 and 13 give verse 10 a specifically Christological resurrection reading.
Read carefully
Confidence that God will not abandon the speaker to Sheol or let the “holy one” see corruption carries hope beyond death; Sheol should not simply be equated with every later concept of hell, and Acts 2 and 13 give verse 10 a specifically Christological resurrection reading. Keep the verse inside its literary unit.
Reflection
Let this verse deepen refuge and loyalty to God without turning poetic confidence into a guarantee of comfort, superiority, or immunity from suffering.