American Standard Version
Psalms 16:5
5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup:Thou maintainest 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 that are in the earth, They are the excellent in whom is all my delight. 4Their sorrows shall be multiplied that give gifts for another god: Their drink-offerings of blood will I not offer, Nor take their names upon my lips. Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. 6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; Yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:5 word by word
יְֽהוָ֗ה מְנָת־חֶלְקִ֥י וְכוֹסִ֑י אַ֝תָּ֗ה תּוֹמִ֥יךְ גּוֹרָלִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 16:5
- Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth; ButGod is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
- Psalms 119:57Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
- Psalms 142:5I cried unto thee, O Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, My portion in the land of the living.
- Deuteronomy 32:9For Jehovah’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
- Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name.
- Lamentations 3:24Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he will rain snares; Fire and brimstone and burning wind shall be the portion of their cup.
- Psalms 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: Thou hast anointed my head with oil; My cup runneth over.
- Psalms 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, And call upon the name of Jehovah.
- Ephesians 5:18And be not drunken with wine, wherein is riot, but be filled with the Spirit;
- Psalms 2:6Yet I have set my king Upon my holy hill of Zion.
- Psalms 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; Thou sittest in the throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 21:7For the king trusteth in Jehovah; And through the lovingkindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.
- Psalms 61:6Thou wilt prolong the king’s life; His years shall be as many generations.
- Psalms 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, And build up thy throne to all generations. [Selah
- Psalms 110:1Jehovah saith unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, Until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
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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