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Psalms 16:5
5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need]; You support my lot.
Psalms 16:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
- New International Version (NIV)Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
- English Standard Version (ESV)The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
- New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot.
Context of Psalms 16:5
3As for the saints (godly people) who are in the land, They are the majestic and the noble and the excellent ones in whom is all my delight. 4The sorrows [pain and suffering] of those who have chosen another god will be multiplied [because of their idolatry]; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, Nor will I take their names upon my lips. The Lord is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need]; You support my lot. 6The [boundary] lines [of the land] have fallen for me in pleasant places; Indeed, my heritage is beautiful to me. 7I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:5 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 16:5
- Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, But God is the rock and strength of my heart and my portion forever.
- Psalms 119:57The Lord is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
- Psalms 142:5I cried out to You, O Lord; I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
- Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lord’s portion and chosen share is His people; Jacob (Israel) is the allotment of His inheritance.
- Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob [the true God on whom Israel has a claim] is not like these; For He is the Designer and Maker of all things, And Israel is the tribe of His inheritance [and He will not fail them]— The Lord of hosts is His name.
- Lamentations 3:24“The Lord is my portion and my inheritance,” says my soul; “Therefore I have hope in Him and wait expectantly for Him.”
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked (godless) He will rain coals of fire; Fire and brimstone and a dreadful scorching wind will be the portion of their cup [of doom].
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You have anointed and refreshed my head with oil; My cup overflows.
- Psalms 116:13I will lift up the cup of salvation And call on the name of the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:18Do not get drunk with wine, for that is wickedness (corruption, stupidity), but be filled with the [Holy] Spirit and constantly guided by Him.
- Psalms 2:6“Yet as for Me, I have anointed and firmly installed My King Upon Zion, My holy mountain.”
- Psalms 9:4For You have maintained my right and my cause; You have sat on the throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 21:7For the king [confidently] trusts in the Lord, And through the lovingkindness (faithfulness, goodness) of the Most High he will never be shaken.
- Psalms 61:6You will prolong the king’s life [adding days upon days]; His years will be like many generations.
- Psalms 89:4I will establish your seed forever And I will build up your throne for all generations.” Selah.
- Psalms 110:1The Lord (Father) says to my Lord (the Messiah, His Son), “Sit at My right hand Until I make Your enemies a footstool for Your feet [subjugating them into complete submission].”
Commentaries on Psalms 16:5
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance - The Messiah speaks. Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance; I seek no earthly good; I desire to do the will of God, and that only. It is God who has given me this lot - to redeem mankind - to have them for mine inheritance. From him I have received the cup of suffering, which I shall drink for their sake, through which I shall impart to them the cup of consolation. He, by the grace of God, has tasted death…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance - In contradistinction from idols. The margin here is, “of my part.” The word properly means “lot, portion, part;” and is applicable to the portion of booty or plunder that fell to anyone; or to the portion of land that belonged to anyone in the division of an estate, 2 Kings 9:10, 2 Kings 9:36-37. The meaning here is, that Yahweh was the being whom the psalmist worshipped as God, and that he sought no…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5The cup of blessing represents how God supplies all the psalmist's needs (Psalm 23:5; see 116:13; compare 75:8; Isaiah 51:17).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2). maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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