For you will not leave - The language used here implies, of course, that what is here called the soul would be in the abode to which the nam…

Leave. —Rather, commit, or give up.

In hell. —Better, to the unseen world (Sheô…

And my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope. For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell;

Or, rather, Hades, the abode of t…

The Psalmist goes on to explain the preceding doctrine even more fully, by declaring that since he is not afraid of death, there is nothing lacking…

For you will not leave my soul in hell
Meaning, not in the place of the damned, where Christ never went, nor was; for…

David flees to God's protection with cheerful, believing confidence. Those who have avowed that the Lord is their Lord should often remind themselv…