Psalms 16:5
Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
In Context
6Lines have fallen to me in pleasant places, Yea, a beauteous inheritance [is] for me.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 32:9For Jehovah's portion [is] His people, Jacob [is] the line of His inheritance.
Joshua 22:27but a witness it [is] between us and you, and between our generations after us, to do the service of Jehovah before Him with our burnt-offerings, and with our sacrifices, and with our peace-offerings, and your sons do not say hereafter to our sons, Ye have no portion in Jehovah.
Psalms 9:4For Thou hast done my judgment and my right. Thou hast sat on a throne, A judge of righteousness.
Psalms 21:7For the king is trusting in Jehovah, And in the kindness of the Most High He is not moved.
Psalms 61:6Days to the days of the king Thou addest, His years as generation and generation.
Psalms 89:4'Even to the age do I establish thy seed, And have built to generation and 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 →