Psalms 119:57
CHETH The Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
In Context
56This has been true of me, that I have kept your orders in my heart.
58I have given my mind to do your pleasure with all my heart; have mercy on me, as you have said.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have given witness that the Lord is your God, and that you will go in his ways and keep his laws and his orders and his decisions and give ear to his voice:
Joshua 24:18And the Lord sent out from before us all the peoples, the Amorites living in the land: so we will be the servants of the Lord, for he is our God.
Joshua 24:24And the people said to Joshua, We will be the servants of the Lord our God, and we will give ear to his voice.
Psalms 16:5The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart are wasting away: but God is the Rock of my heart and my eternal heritage.
Psalms 119:106I have made an oath and kept it, to be guided by your upright decisions.
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 →