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28 You ·will teach me [L have made known to me] ·how to live a holy life [L the way/path of life].
    ·Being with you [Your presence; L Your face] will fill me with joy [Ps. 16:8–11].”

29 “·Brothers and sisters [L Men, brothers], I can tell you ·truly [or with confidence] that David, ·our ancestor [L the patriarch], died and was buried. His ·grave [tomb] is still here with us today. 30 [But because] He was a prophet and knew God had ·promised him [sworn with an oath] that he would ·make a person from David’s family a king just as he was [L put one of his descendants on his throne; C a reference to the Davidic covenant; 2 Sam. 7:13; Ps. 132:11].

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28 You have made known to me the paths of life;
    you will fill me with joy in your presence.’[a](A)

29 “Fellow Israelites,(B) I can tell you confidently that the patriarch(C) David died and was buried,(D) and his tomb is here(E) to this day. 30 But he was a prophet and knew that God had promised him on oath that he would place one of his descendants on his throne.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Acts 2:28 Psalm 16:8-11 (see Septuagint)