Christian Standard Bible
Psalms 16:5
5Lord, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future.
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 holy people who are in the land, they are the noble ones. All my delight is in them. 4The sorrows of those who take another god for themselves will multiply; I will not pour out their drink offerings of blood, and I will not speak their names with my lips. Lord, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future. 6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. 7I will bless the Lord who counsels me — even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
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 strength of my heart, my portion forever.
- Psalms 119:57The Lord is my portion; I have promised to keep your words.
- Psalms 142:5I cry to you, Lord; I say, “You are my shelter, my portion in the land of the living.”
- Deuteronomy 32:9But the Lord’s portion is his people, Jacob, his own inheritance.
- Jeremiah 10:16Jacob’s Portion is not like these because he is the one who formed all things. Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of Armies is his name.
- Lamentations 3:24I say, “The Lord is my portion, therefore I will put my hope in him.”
- Psalms 11:6Let him rain burning coals and sulfur on the wicked; let a scorching wind be the portion in their cup.
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
- Psalms 116:13I will take the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.
- Ephesians 5:18And don’t get drunk with wine, which leads to reckless living, but be filled by the Spirit:
- Psalms 2:6“I have installed my king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
- Psalms 9:4For you have upheld my just cause; you are seated on your throne as a righteous judge.
- Psalms 21:7For the king relies on the Lord; through the faithful love of the Most High he is not shaken.
- Psalms 61:6Add days to the king’s life; may his years span many generations.
- Psalms 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’”Selah
- Psalms 110:1This is the declaration of the Lord to my Lord: “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies your 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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