“Yet the Lord, the God of Israel, chose me(A) from my whole family(B) to be king over Israel forever. He chose Judah(C) as leader, and from the tribe of Judah he chose my family, and from my father’s sons he was pleased to make me king over all Israel.(D)

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Howbeit the Lord God of Israel chose me before all the house of my father to be king over Israel for ever: for he hath chosen Judah to be the ruler; and of the house of Judah, the house of my father; and among the sons of my father he liked me to make me king over all Israel:

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10 because you will not abandon me to the realm of the dead,(A)
    nor will you let your faithful[a] one(B) see decay.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 16:10 Or holy

10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

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He asked you for life, and you gave it to him—
    length of days, for ever and ever.(A)

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He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.

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