Psalms 16:5
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
In Context
6The lines are fallen vnto me in pleasant places: yea, I haue a faire heritage.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9For the Lordes portion is his people: Iaakob is the lot of his inheritance.
Joshua 22:27But it shall be a witnesse betweene vs and you, and betweene our generations after vs, to execute the seruice of the Lord before him in our burnt offerings, and in our sacrifices, and in our peace offerings, and that your children should not say to our children in time to come, Ye haue no part in the Lord.
Psalms 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause: thou art set in the throne, and iudgest right.
Psalms 21:7Because the King trusteth in the Lord, and in the mercie of the most High, he shall not slide.
Psalms 61:6Thou shalt giue the King a long life: his yeeres shalbe as many ages.
Psalms 89:4Thy seede will I stablish for euer, and set vp thy throne from generation to generation. 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 →