Revised Version 1895
Psalms 16:5
5The LORD 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 exchange the LORD for another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take their names upon my lips. The LORD 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 the LORD, who hath given me counsel: yea, my reins instruct 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: but God is the strength of my heart and my portion for ever.
- Psalms 119:57The LORD is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
- Psalms 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.
- Deuteronomy 32:9For the LORD’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: the LORD of hosts is his name.
- Lamentations 3:24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
- Psalms 11:6Upon the wicked he shall 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 the LORD.
- 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 satest in the throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 21:7For the king trusteth in the LORD, 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 110:1The LORD 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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