Psalms 16:5
Direct my steps in thy paths, that my steps slip not.
Brenton Septuagint
In The King James Version
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
In Context
6I have cried, for thou heardest me, O God: incline thine ear to me, and hearken to my words.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9And his people Jacob became the portion of the Lord, Israel was the line of his inheritance.
Joshua 22:27but that this may be a witness between you and us, and between our posterity after us, that we may do service to the Lord before him, with our burnt-offerings and our meat-offerings and our peace-offerings: so your sons shall not say to our sons, + 22:27 Gr. to-morrow.hereafter, Ye have no portion + 22:27 Gr. of.in the Lord.
Psalms 9:4When mine enemies are turned back, they shall be feeble and perish at thy presence.
Psalms 21:7But I am a worm, and not a man; a reproach of men, and scorn of the people.
Psalms 61:6Nevertheless do thou, my soul, be subjected to God; for of him is my patient hope.
Psalms 89:4For a thousand years in thy sight are as the yesterday which is past, and as a watch in the night.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 16:2-8
Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord , Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my… Read the whole commentary →