Psalm 16:7 – 11 Easter

7 I bless the Lord who gives me counsel;

    in the night also my heart instructs me.

8 I have set the Lord always before me;

    because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken.

9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices;

    my flesh also dwells secure.

10 For you will not abandon my soul to Sheol,

    or let your holy one see corruption.

11 You make known to me the path of life;

    in your presence there is fullness of joy;

    at your right hand are pleasures forevermore.

Today’s psalm is a psalm of David’s, and it was chosen for yesterday, Easter Sunday.

Luther wrote that this psalm is “a prophecy of the suffering and resurrection of Christ, as the apostles powerfully indicate in Acts 2:25 and 13:35.”

Christ will become the right hand of God and be there to serve as counsel. Counsel for what? He will be there to counsel (mediate) on our behalf. Because of his sacrificial act, we are not abandoned to Hell (Sheol), for our corruption has been clothed in the suffering, death and resurrection of Christ (as read in John 20:9). We are literally covered and saved in and by the body and blood of Christ. We are united with him through the waters of Holy Baptism in this death and resurrection.

Our faith gives us light to follow a new path in life as new creations in Christ.

He is risen! He is risen indeed, hallelujah!