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Psalms at Qumran / Psalm 16

Psalm 16 — Dead Sea Scrolls

0 attestation entries • 0 variants

Manuscript Overview

Summary

Psalm 16 — 'You will not abandon my soul to Sheol' (cited at Acts 2:27, 13:35 in Peter's and Paul's resurrection sermons). Tracks MT.

Notable Variants

Cited Christologically at Acts 2:27 / 13:35 as resurrection prophecy. No significant content variants. Minor orthographic variation only (the standard Qumran plene-spelling tendency).

Manuscripts

4QPsᵃ (4Q83), 8QPs (8Q2)

Scroll Condition

Fragmentary attestation; no continuous DSS coverage.

No substantial variants are documented for this psalm. The Qumran manuscripts that attest it preserve the MT consonantal text with only orthographic variation.