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For David says concerning him,
1"'I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken;
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therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced; my flesh also will dwell
2in hope.
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For you will not abandon my soul to
3Hades,
4or let your
5Holy One
6see corruption.
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You have made known to me the paths of life; you will make me full of gladness with your presence.'
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"Brothers, I may say to you with confidence about
7the patriarch David
8that he both died and
9was buried, and
10his tomb is with us to this day.
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11Being therefore a prophet, and knowing that
12God had sworn with an oath to him that he would set one of his descendants on his throne,
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he foresaw and spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that
13he was not abandoned to Hades, nor did his flesh see corruption.