Psalms 119:57
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
In Context
56This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
58I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
Joshua 24:18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
Joshua 24:24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
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 →