Psalm 16:5 “The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.”

Psalm 16:5

The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

World English Bible

The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

American Standard Version

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

Geneva Bible 1599

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.

Darby Translation

Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

Young's Literal Translation

Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.

Bible in Basic English

The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

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Cross references

“The Lord”

Psalm 73:26 Psalm 142:5 Lamentations 3:24 Psalm 119:57 Deuteronomy 32:9 Jeremiah 10:16

Psalm 73:26 · BSB

My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.

Psalm 142:5 · BSB

I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”

Lamentations 3:24 · BSB

“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

Psalm 119:57 · BSB

The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.

Deuteronomy 32:9 · BSB

But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance.

Jeremiah 10:16 · BSB

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.

“of my”

Psalm 23:5 Psalm 116:13 Psalm 11:6 Ephesians 5:18

Psalm 23:5 · BSB

You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.

Psalm 116:13 · BSB

I will lift the cup of salvation and call on the name of the LORD.

Psalm 11:6 · BSB

On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.

Ephesians 5:18 · BSB

Do not get drunk on wine, which leads to reckless indiscretion. Instead, be filled with the Spirit.

“thou”

Psalm 89:20–37 Psalm 9:4 Psalm 89:4 Isaiah 53:12 Psalm 21:7–12 Psalm 2:6

Psalm 89:20–37 · BSB

I have found My servant David; with My sacred oil I have anointed him.

Psalm 9:4 · BSB

For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.

Psalm 89:4 · BSB

‘I will establish your offspring forever and build up your throne for all generations.’” Selah

Isaiah 53:12 · BSB

Therefore I will allot Him a portion with the great, and He will divide the spoils with the strong, because He has poured out His life unto death, and He was numbered with the transgressors. Yet He bore the sin of many a…

Psalm 21:7–12 · BSB

For the king trusts in the LORD; through the loving devotion of the Most High, he will not be shaken.

Psalm 2:6 · BSB

“I have installed My King on Zion, upon My holy mountain.”

Also

Psalm 125:3

Psalm 125:3 · BSB

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.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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.

6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

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