Psalms 16:5
Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
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, have fallen unto me, in pleasant places, Verily an inheritance that delighteth me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9For, Yahweh’s portion is his people,—Jacob, his inherited possession.
Joshua 22:27but that, a witness, it may be between us and you, and between our generations after us, that we are to do the service of Yahweh, before him, with our ascending-offerings and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings,—that your sons may not say, in time to come, to our sons, Ye have no portion in Yahweh.
Psalms 9:4For thou hast executed my right and my cause, Thou hast sat on the throne, judging righteously:
Psalms 21:7For, the king, is trusting in Yahweh, and, in the lovingkindness of the Highest, shall he not be shaken.
Psalms 61:6Days—unto the days of the king, wilt thou add. His years, as of generation after generation:
Psalms 89:4Unto times age-abiding, will I establish thy seed, And will build up, unto generation after generation, thy throne. [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 →