25
King David said this about him: ‘I see that the LORD is always with me. I will not be shaken, for he is right beside me.
26
No wonder my heart is glad, and my tongue shouts his praises! My body rests in hope.
27
For you will not leave my soul among the dead or allow your Holy One to rot in the grave.
28
You have shown me the way of life, and you will fill me with the joy of your presence.’
29
“Dear brothers, think about this! You can be sure that the patriarch David wasn’t referring to himself, for he died and was buried, and his tomb is still here among us.
30
But he was a prophet, and he knew God had promised with an oath that one of David’s own descendants would sit on his throne.