Acts 2:25 (WEB)

Passage

For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Nearby Context

Acts 2:23 him, being delivered up by the determined counsel and foreknowledge of God, you have taken by the hand of lawless men, crucified and killed;

Acts 2:24 whom God raised up, having freed him from the agony of death, because it was not possible that he should be held by it.

Acts 2:25 For David says concerning him, ‘I saw the Lord always before my face, For he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved.

Acts 2:26 Therefore my heart was glad, and my tongue rejoiced. Moreover my flesh also will dwell in hope;

Acts 2:27 because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see decay.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "david", "says", "concerning", "lord", "always", "before", "face", and "right". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "david" and "says", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 24's "whom God raised up having freed him..." into verse 26's "Therefore my heart was glad and my...", so "david" and "says" belong inside that flow. In Acts context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "david" and "says" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.