God’s Word Translation
Psalms 16:5
5The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny.
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
3Those who lead holy lives on earth are the noble ones who fill me with joy. 4Those who quickly chase after other gods multiply their sorrows. I will not pour out their sacrificial offerings of blood or use my lips to speak their names. The Lord is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny. 6Your boundary lines mark out pleasant places for me. Indeed, my inheritance is something beautiful. 7I will praise the Lord, who advises me. My conscience warns me at 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 body and mind may waste away, but God remains the foundation of my life and my inheritance forever.
- Psalms 119:57You are my inheritance, O Lord. I promised to hold on to your words.
- Psalms 142:5I call out to you, O Lord. I say, “You are my refuge, my own inheritance in this world of the living.”
- Deuteronomy 32:9But the Lord’s people were his property. Jacob was his own possession.
- Jeremiah 10:16Jacob’s God isn’t like them. He made everything, and Israel is the tribe that belongs to him. His name is the Lord of Armies.
- Lamentations 3:24My soul can say, ‘The Lord is my lot ⌞in life⌟. That is why I find hope in him.’
- Psalms 11:6He rains down fire and burning sulfur upon wicked people. He makes them drink from a cup filled with scorching wind.
- Psalms 23:5You prepare a banquet for me while my enemies watch. 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 5:18Don’t get drunk on wine, which leads to wild living. Instead, be filled with the Spirit
- Psalms 2:6“I have installed my own king on Zion, my holy mountain.”
- Psalms 9:4You have defended my just cause: You sat down on your throne as a fair judge.
- Psalms 21:7Indeed, the king trusts the Lord, and through the mercy of the Most High, he will not be moved.
- Psalms 61:6Add days upon days to the life of the king. May his years endure throughout every generation.
- Psalms 89:4‘I will make your dynasty continue forever. I built your throne to last throughout every generation.’ ” Selah
- Psalms 110:1The Lord said to my Lord, “Take the honored position—the one next to me [God the Father] on the heavenly throne until I put your enemies under your control.”
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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