Psalms 119:57
CHETH. My portion is the Lord, have I said, that I might observe thy words.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
In Context
56This came to pass unto me, because I had kept thy precepts.
58I make entreaty before thee with all my heart: be gracious unto me according to thy promise.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast this day acknowledged the Lord, that he is thy God, and that thou wilt walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and hearken unto his voice;
Joshua 24:18And the Lord hath driven out all the nations, and the Emorites who dwelt in the land, from before us; therefore also will we serve the Lord; for he is our God.
Joshua 24:24And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Psalms 16:5Thou, O Lord, art the portion of my inheritance, and my cup; thou hast drawn my lot.
Psalms 73:26Though my flesh and my heart should fall; yet the rock of my heart, and my portion will be God for ever.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, to 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 →