Psalms 16:10 meaning and explanation

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Psalms 16:10, Berean Standard Bible

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David speaks in this psalm as one who has taken refuge in God and set the LORD always before him. Here he expresses confidence that God will not abandon his soul to Sheol, the Hebrew name for the realm of the dead, nor allow his Holy One, meaning God's faithful servant, to see decay.

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