Psalms 119:57
Yahweh is my portion; 1 I have determined to observe your words. 1
Unlocked Literal Bible
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 my practice 1 because I have observed your instructions. HETH 1
58I earnestly request your favor with my whole heart; 1 be merciful to me, as your word promised. 1
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17You have declared today that Yahweh is your God, and that you will walk in his ways and keep his statutes, his commandments, and his decrees, and that you will listen to his voice.
Joshua 24:18Then Yahweh drove out before us all the peoples, including the Amorites who lived in the land. So we too will worship Yahweh, for he is our God.”
Joshua 24:24The people said to Joshua, “We will worship Yahweh our God. We will listen to his voice.”
Psalms 16:5Yahweh, you are my chosen portion and my cup. You hold onto my lot. 1
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart grow weak, 1 but God is the strength of my heart forever. 1
Psalms 119:106I have sworn and have confirmed it, 1 that I will observe your righteous decrees. 1
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 →