Psalms 16:5
The Lord is my share and my portion, my fate is in your strong hands.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
In Context
6The boundary lines of my life mark out delightful country, my heritage pleases me well.
Cross References
Joshua 22:27but to stand as a witness between us and you, and between our descendants and yours, attesting that we are to worship before the Lord with our burnt offerings and recompense offerings, so that your descendants may never claim in time to come that we have no share in the Lord.
Psalms 9:4My right and my claim you have upheld, you did sit on the throne as a fair judge,
Psalms 21:7For the king puts always his trust in the Lord; the Most High, in his love, will preserve him unshaken.
Psalms 61:6Add many days to the life of the king; may his years endure throughout all generations.
Psalms 89:4to establish his seed forever, and to build up his throne to all ages.” Selah
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 →