^{(Today’s post is part of a series on Psalm 16. You can find all the posts on my Psalm 16 page.)}

Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices;

My body also will rest secure,

¹⁰Because You will not abandon me to the grave,

nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.  Psalm 16:9-10 (NIV)

Heart – feelings, intent, will

Glad – cheered up, grateful, joyful

Tongue – language, speech

Rejoices – shows joy, feels joyful

Body – flesh, actual physical body

Rest – live, dwell, continue, settle down

Secure – safe, refuge, feel trust

Abandon – leave, forsake, leave behind, neglect

Grave – pit, place of no return

Holy One – pious, godly, good one (person)

Decay – destruction, decomposition, pit, grave

The verses Psalm 16:9-10 are connected to and follow up verse 8.

That verse says:

I have set the Lord always before me.

Because He is at my right hand,

I will not be shaken.  – Psalm 16:8 (NIV)

In this verse, David is declaring he has put the Lord first in his life.

He is also declaring that God is walking with him.

Because of this he won’t be shaken – meaning he won’t be scared, unsteady, or uncertain.

He knows he can count on the Lord.

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