Psalms 119:57
LORD is my portion; I have said that I would observe thy words.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
In Context
56This I have had because I have kept thy precepts.
58I entreated thy favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to thy word.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Thou have avouched LORD this day to be thy God, and that thou would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken to his voice.
Joshua 24:18And LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who dwelt in the land. Therefore we also will serve LORD, for he is our God.
Joshua 24:24And the people said to Joshua, we will serve LORD our God, and we will hearken to his voice.
Psalms 16:5LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup. Thou maintain my lot.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, [but] God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will observe thy righteous ordinances.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 119:56-57
55 I have remembered thy name, O Lord , in the night, and have kept thy law. 56 This I had, because I kept thy precepts. Here is, 1. The converse David had with the word of God; he kept it in mind, and upon every occasion he called it to mind. God's name is the discovery he has made of himself to us in and by his word. This is his memorial unto all generations, and therefore we should always keep it in memory—remember it in the night, upon a waking bed, when we are communing with our own hearts. When others were… Read the whole commentary →