KJV King James Version
The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
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Psalm 16:5
The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
WEB World English Bible
Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
ASV American Standard Version
Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou—Thou dost uphold my lot.
Surrounding context — Psalm 16
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 lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
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Psalm 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: [but] God [is] the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.Psalm 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou [art] my refuge [and] my portion in the land of the living.Lamentations 3:24The LORD [is] my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.Psalm 119:57CHETH. [Thou art] my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.Psalm 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.Deuteronomy 32:9For the LORD’S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.Psalm 89:20-37I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:Psalm 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him [a portion] with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob [is] not like them: for he [is] the former of all [things]; and Israel [is] the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts [is] his name.Psalm 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.Psalm 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.Psalm 21:7-12For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.Psalm 132:11The LORD hath sworn [in] truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand [to be] a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.Psalm 2:6Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion.Psalm 11:6Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: [this shall be] the portion of their cup.Psalm 125:3For the rod of the wicked shall not rest upon the lot of the righteous; lest the righteous put forth their hands unto iniquity.
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