Because he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

26For this my heart rejoiced, and my tongue exulted;

Moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope;

27Because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld,

Nor wilt thou suffer thy Holy One to see corruption.

28Thou didst make known to me the ways of life;

Thou wilt make me full of joy with thy presence.

29Men, brethren, I may speak freely to you of the patriarch David, that he both died and was buried, and his sepulchre is among us unto this day. 30Being a prophet, therefore, and knowing that God swore to him, with an oath, that of the fruit of his loins one should sit on his throne, 31he, foreseeing, spoke of the resurrection of the Christ, that neither was his soul abandoned to the underworld, nor did his flesh see corruption.

32This Jesus God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33Being therefore exalted to the right hand of God, and having received from the Father the promise of the Holy Spirit, he poured forth this, which ye now see and hear. 34For David did not ascend into heaven; but he says himself:

The Lord said to my Lord,