Psalms 119:57
[Cheth.] My portion [is] Jehovah; I have said — to keep Thy words,
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
In Context
56This hath been to me, That Thy precepts I have kept!
58I appeased Thy face with the whole heart, Favour me according to Thy saying.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 26:17Jehovah thou hast caused to promise to-day to become thy God, and to walk in His ways, and to keep His statutes, and His commands, and His judgments, and to hearken to His voice.
Joshua 24:18and Jehovah casteth out the whole of the peoples, even the Amorite inhabiting the land, from our presence; we also do serve Jehovah, for He [is] our God.'
Joshua 24:24And the people say unto Joshua, 'Jehovah our God we serve, and to His voice we hearken.'
Psalms 16:5Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.
Psalms 73:26Consumed hath been my flesh and my heart, The rock of my heart and my portion [is] God to the age.
Psalms 119:106I have sworn, and I confirm [it], To keep the judgments of Thy righteousness.
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 →