Psalms 119:57
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
BSB
ASV
Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
KJV
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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But He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for My power is perfected in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly in my weaknesses, so that the power of…
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
On the day I called, You answered me; You emboldened me and strengthened my soul.
The LORD is my rock, my fortress, and my deliverer. My God is my rock, in whom I take refuge, my shield, and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold.
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Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
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My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
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I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
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“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
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Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
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The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
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The possession of God is owed to such as these, as Isaiah says: "This is the inheritance of those who believe in the Lord." Very aptly does he say, "This is the inheritance," for that alone is the inheritance; there is no other. The inheritance is not a treasure that people stumble on blindly, and passing things have not the quality of an inheritance. The only inheritance is that in which God is the portion, as the Lord's holy one says: "God is my inheritance," and again: "I have become an heir of your precepts."
ח, CHETH.--The Eighth Part. CHETH. Thou art my portion, O Lord,.... Which he chose and preferred to all others; to the riches, honours, and profits of this world; the grant of which was made to him in the covenant of grace; the first discovery of it was from the Lord himself; and the choice and claim were made under the influence of his grace; and a great act of faith it is to assert this, and a wonderful blessing to enjoy it.
