Psalms 119:57
The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
World English 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 way, that I keep your precepts.
58I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17You have declared today that the LORD is your God, and that you would walk in his ways, keep his statutes, his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice.
Joshua 24:18The LORD drove out from before us all the peoples, even the Amorites who lived in the land. Therefore we also will serve the LORD; for he is our God.”
Joshua 24:24The people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God, and we will listen to his voice.”
Psalms 16:5The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and have confirmed it, that I will obey your 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 →