Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. New Living Translation LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine. English Standard Version The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. Berean Standard Bible The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. King James Bible The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. New King James Version O LORD, You are the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You maintain my lot. New American Standard Bible The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. NASB 1995 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. NASB 1977 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; Thou dost support my lot. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot. Amplified Bible The LORD is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need]; You support my lot. Christian Standard Bible LORD, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future. Holman Christian Standard Bible LORD, You are my portion and my cup of blessing; You hold my future. American Standard Version Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot. Aramaic Bible in Plain English LORD JEHOVAH, the portion of my inheritance and of my cup, you are returning my inheritance to me. Brenton Septuagint Translation The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me. Contemporary English Version You, LORD, are all I want! You are my choice, and you keep me safe. Douay-Rheims Bible The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me. English Revised Version The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. GOD'S WORD® Translation The LORD is my inheritance and my cup. You are the one who determines my destiny. Good News Translation You, LORD, are all I have, and you give me all I need; my future is in your hands. International Standard Version The LORD is my inheritance and my cup; you support my lot. JPS Tanakh 1917 O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot. Literal Standard Version YHWH [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, | You uphold my lot. Majority Standard Bible The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. New American Bible LORD, my allotted portion and my cup, you have made my destiny secure. NET Bible LORD, you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure. New Revised Standard Version The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. New Heart English Bible The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup. You made my lot secure. Webster's Bible Translation The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. World English Bible Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure. Young's Literal Translation Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Presence of God…4Sorrows will multiply to those who chase other gods. I will not pour out their libations of blood, or speak their names with my lips. 5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. 6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.… Cross References Psalm 23:5 You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 116:13 I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD. Psalm 119:57 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. Psalm 125:3 For the scepter of the wicked will not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, so that the righteous will not put forth their hands to injustice. Psalm 142:5 I cry to You, O LORD: "You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living." Jeremiah 10:16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance--the LORD of Hosts is His name. Treasury of Scripture The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot. The Lord Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalm 119:57 CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. Psalm 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. mine inheritance. Psalm 11:6 Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. Psalm 23:5 Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. Psalm 116:13 I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD. thou Psalm 2:6 Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. Psalm 9:4 For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. Psalm 21:7-12 For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved… Jump to Previous Assigned Chosen Cup Heritage Holdest Inheritance Lot Portion Right Secure Share Support Supporter Thou Uphold WineJump to Next Assigned Chosen Cup Heritage Holdest Inheritance Lot Portion Right Secure Share Support Supporter Thou Uphold WinePsalm 16 1. David, in distrust of merits, and hatred of idolatry5. He shows the hope of his calling, of the resurrection, and life everlasting (5) The portion.--There is allusion here to the Levitical portion (Numbers 18:20): "I am thy portion and thine inheritance." The poet, whom we must imagine exiled from his actual inheritance in Canaan, consoles, and more than consoles himself, with the sublime thought that this "better part" could not be taken away from him. Perowne quotes Savonarola's fine saying, "What must not he possess who possesses the possessor of all!" and St. Paul's, "All things are yours; for ye are Christ's, and Christ is God's;" which rather recalls Deuteronomy 32:9, where the correlative truth to Numbers 18:20 occurs. For the figure of the cup, see Psalm 11:6. It had already become a synonym for "condition in life." Thou maintainest.--The Hebrew word is peculiar, and causes grammatical difficulties; but the sense is clear. God does not only dispose (cast) the lot of the man in covenant relation to Him--He does that even for unbelievers--but holds it fast in His hand. (See this use of the verb, Amos 1:5; Amos 1:8; Proverbs 5:5.) At the same time Hitzig's conjecture (tomid for tomikh), is very plausible, "Thou art ever my lot." . . . Verse 5. - The Lord is the Portion of mine inheritance. God had said to Aaron, when he gave him no special inheritance in Canaan, "I am thy Part and thine Inherit-ante among the children of Israel" (Numbers 18:20). David claims the same privilege. God is his "Portion," and he needs no other. And of my cup. A man's "cup" is, in Scripture, his lot or condition in life (Psalm 11:6; Psalm 23:5) - that which is given him to drink. David will have God only for his cup. Thou maintainest my lot; i.e. thou makest it firm and sure (comp. Psalm 30:6, "In my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved").Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְֽהוָ֗ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel [is] my chosen portion מְנָת־ (mə·nāṯ-) Noun - feminine singular construct Strong's 4490: Something weighed out, a division, a ration, a lot and my cup; וְכוֹסִ֑י (wə·ḵō·w·sî) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 3563: A cup, a lot, some unclean bird, an owl You אַ֝תָּ֗ה (’at·tāh) Pronoun - second person masculine singular Strong's 859: Thou and thee, ye and you have made תּוֹמִ֥יךְ (tō·w·mîḵ) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular Strong's 8551: To sustain, to obtain, keep fast, to help, follow close my lot {secure}. גּוֹרָלִֽי׃ (gō·w·rā·lî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 1486: Lot -- a lot (for casting) Links Psalm 16:5 NIVPsalm 16:5 NLT Psalm 16:5 ESV Psalm 16:5 NASB Psalm 16:5 KJV Psalm 16:5 BibleApps.com Psalm 16:5 Biblia Paralela Psalm 16:5 Chinese Bible Psalm 16:5 French Bible Psalm 16:5 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 16:5 Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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