What does Psalms 16:11 mean?

Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
Psalms 16:11, King James Version

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The verse in its chapter

Psalms 16:9-11

  1. 9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
  2. 10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
  3. 11 Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.

Study note

Tyndale Open Study Notes (CC BY-SA 4.0).

16:11 with you: See 16:7-8; 110:1.

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About the book of Psalms

Author
several authors; 73 psalms bear David's name in the title
When
from the 10th century BC to after the exile
Period
Reino unido, c. 1050 a 930 a.C. (in Portuguese)

Authorship: the book itself or Christian tradition. Approximate dates, as in Carson and Moo, An Introduction to the New Testament, and Longman and Dillard, An Introduction to the Old Testament.

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