Psalms 16:5 KJV — MannaFest

Psalms 16:5

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

KJV

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ASV

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

WEB

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

YLT

Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou--Thou dost uphold my lot.

DBT

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

About this book

Old Testament

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Psalms — The canon's longest book — 150 Psalms edited into five doxology-bookended books, composed across a millennium, attributed to David, Asaph, Korah's sons, Moses, Solomon, Heman, Ethan, and anonymous voices. A ''Torah of David''; the Bible's longest continuous liturgical-devotional corpus.

Author: David principally (73 Psalms + 2 NT-cited); Asaph, Sons of Korah, Solomon, Moses, Heman, Ethan; ~50 anonymous.
Date: Composed c. 1400 BC (Mosaic Ps 90) through the post-exilic period (Ps 126 ''when the Lord turned again the captivity of Zion''). Roughly a millennium of composition; editorial compilation likely into the Persian period.

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Cross-references

45 verses on the floor

Psalms 23:5
Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
Luke 10:42
But one thing is needful: and Mary hath chosen that good part, which shall not be taken away from her.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
Psalms 142:5
I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
Lamentations 3:24
The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

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Cross-references: OpenBible.info (CC-BY), based on the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

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Voices3

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Draft selections — awaiting the founder’s edit.

The Lord - I rejoice in God as my portion, and desire no better, no other felicity. Cup - The portion which is put into my cup, as the ancient manner was in feasts, where each had his portion of meat, and of wine allotted to him. Lot - My inheritance divided to me by lot, as the custom then was.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

He speaks of himself as a type of Christ, and so he speaks the language of Christ himself, to whom all the rest of the psalm is expressly and at large applied ( Acts ii. David speaks concerning him (not concerning himself), "I foresaw the Lord always before my face," &c.

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2). maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it.

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown· Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible, 1871reformed

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page.

PSA 16:5PSA 23:5 EPH 3:20
PSA 16:5LAM 3:24 PSA 73:26
Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
PSA 16:5PSA 23:5 PSA 92:10
PSA 16:5PSA 23:5 PSA 45:7
PSA 16:5PSA 73:26 2CO 12:9-10
PSA 16:5PSA 73:26 ISA 40:29-31
PSA 16:5PSA 23:5 1JN 2:20
PSA 16:5PSA 23:5 PSA 31:19-20

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