Psalms 119:57
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
King James Version
In Context
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
58I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Thou hast avouched the LORD this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice:
Joshua 24:18And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the LORD; for he is our God.
Joshua 24:24And the people said unto Joshua, The LORD our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey.
Psalms 16:5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy 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 →