“For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.”
The statement that God will not abandon the speaker's soul to Sheol and will not let His holy one see decay establishes that divine relationship transcends death. The refusal to let the holy one see decay suggests that God preserves the faithful from the ultimate humiliation of decomposition and oblivion. The language suggests either miraculous preservation through death or eschatological resurrection. This verse introduces the ultimate security that faith provides: relationship with God that death cannot sever.
Church Fathers on Psalms 16:10
The inscription of the title, of David himself. 1. Our King in this Psalm speaks in the character of the human nature He assumed, of whom the royal title at the time of His passion was eminently set forth. 2. Now He says as follows; “Preserve me, O Lord, for in You have I hoped” Psalm 15:1: “I have said to the Lord, You are my God, for You require not my goods” Psalm 15:2: for with my goods Thou dost not look to be made blessed. 3. “To the saints who are on His earth”…
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