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Psalms 16:5

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

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Faith;   Joy;   Testimony;   Thompson Chain Reference - Portion, Saints';   Righteous, the;   Righteous-Wicked;   Saint's;   Saints;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Cup;   Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Inheritance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Cup;   Lot;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Cup;   Nehiloth;   Pentateuch;   Saul;   Stones;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Cup;   Inheritance;   Lots;   Portion;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Contentment;   Cup;   English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Life;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Cup ;   Heir Heritage Inheritance;   Portion ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Heritage;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Cup;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accommodation;   Cup;   Inheritance;   Psalms, Book of;   Quotations, New Testament;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Cup;   Lots;   Midrash Haggadah;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for August 26;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Lord, you are my portionand my cup of blessing;you hold my future.
Hebrew Names Version
The LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
King James Version
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
English Standard Version
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
New Century Version
No, the Lord is all I need. He takes care of me.
New English Translation
Lord , you give me stability and prosperity; you make my future secure.
Amplified Bible
The LORD is the portion of my inheritance, my cup [He is all I need]; You support my lot.
New American Standard Bible
The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot.
World English Bible
Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The Lorde is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou shalt mainteine my lot.
Legacy Standard Bible
Yahweh is the portion of my inheritance and my cup;You support my lot.
Berean Standard Bible
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Contemporary English Version
You, Lord , are all I want! You are my choice, and you keep me safe.
Complete Jewish Bible
Adonai , my assigned portion, my cup: you safeguard my share.
Darby Translation
Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Easy-to-Read Version
Lord , you give me all that I need. You support me. You give me my share.
George Lamsa Translation
The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; thou shalt restore my inheritance.
Good News Translation
You, Lord , are all I have, and you give me all I need; my future is in your hands.
Lexham English Bible
Yahweh is the portion which is my share and my cup. You hold my lot.
Literal Translation
Jehovah is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup; You shall surely uphold my lot.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Their drynkofferynges of bloude wil not I offre, nether make mencion of their name in my mouth.
American Standard Version
Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
O LORD, the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup, Thou maintainest my lot.
King James Version (1611)
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance, and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
O God, thou thy selfe art the portion of myne inheritaunce and of my cup: thou wylt mayntayne my lot.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou art he that restores my inheritance to me.
English Revised Version
The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The Lord is part of myn eritage, and of my passion; thou art, that schalt restore myn eritage to me.
Update Bible Version
Yahweh is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: You maintain my lot.
Webster's Bible Translation
The LORD [is] the portion of my 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 Living Translation
Lord , you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.
New Life Bible
The Lord is all that I am to receive, and my cup. My future is in Your hands.
New Revised Standard
The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Yahweh, is mine allotted portion and my cup, Thou, art maintaining my lot.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(15-5) The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.
Revised Standard Version
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.
Young's Literal Translation
Jehovah [is] the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou -- Thou dost uphold my lot.
THE MESSAGE
My choice is you, God , first and only. And now I find I'm your choice! You set me up with a house and yard. And then you made me your heir!
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and my cup; You support my lot.

Contextual Overview

1 Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith. 2 O my soul, you have said to the Lord, You are my Lord: I have no good but you. 3 As for the saints who are in the earth, they are the noble in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows will be increased who go after another god: I will not take drink offerings from their hands, or take their names on my lips. 5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right. 6 Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage. 7 I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

The Lord: Psalms 73:26, Psalms 119:57, Psalms 142:5, Deuteronomy 32:9, Jeremiah 10:16, Lamentations 3:24

mine inheritance: Heb. my part

of my: Psalms 11:6, Psalms 23:5, Psalms 116:13, Ephesians 5:18

thou: Psalms 2:6, Psalms 9:4, Psalms 21:7-12, Psalms 61:6, Psalms 61:7, Psalms 89:4, Psalms 89:20-37, Psalms 110:1, Psalms 110:2, Psalms 132:11, Psalms 132:17, Psalms 132:18, Isaiah 42:1, Isaiah 53:12, Acts 2:32, Acts 5:31, 1 Corinthians 15:25

Reciprocal: Genesis 15:1 - and thy Numbers 18:20 - I am thy part Numbers 34:2 - an inheritance Deuteronomy 18:2 - the Lord Joshua 14:2 - lot Joshua 18:10 - before the Lord Job 22:25 - defence Psalms 61:5 - heritage Psalms 73:25 - Whom Psalms 119:65 - dealt well Psalms 119:111 - Thy testimonies Psalms 140:6 - I said unto Ecclesiastes 6:12 - who knoweth Jeremiah 51:19 - portion Ezekiel 45:1 - shall divide by lot Luke 10:42 - good Luke 15:12 - give Luke 20:38 - a God Galatians 4:7 - heir

Cross-References

Genesis 16:12
And he will be like a mountain ass among men; his hand will be against every man and every man's hand against him, and he will keep his place against all his brothers.
Genesis 16:15
And Hagar gave birth to a child, the son of Abram, to whom Abram gave the name of Ishmael.
Genesis 31:53
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, be our judge. Then Jacob took an oath by the Fear of his father Isaac.
Exodus 5:21
And they said to them, May the Lord take note of you and be your judge; for you have given Pharaoh and his servants a bad opinion of us, putting a sword in their hands for our destruction.
2 Chronicles 24:22
So King Joash did not keep in mind how good Jehoiada his father had been to him, but put his son to death. And in the hour of his death he said, May the Lord see it and take payment!
Psalms 7:8
The Lord will be judge of the peoples; give a decision for me, O Lord, because of my righteousness, and let my virtue have its reward.
Psalms 35:23
Be awake, O Lord, be moved to take up my cause, my God and my Lord.
Psalms 43:1
Be my judge, O God, supporting my cause against a nation without religion; O keep me from the false and evil man.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The Lord [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup,.... This is said by Christ as a priest, and in allusion to the Levitical priests, who had no inheritance in the land of Canaan with their brethren, but the Lord was their part and portion, and their inheritance, Numbers 18:20; and it expresses the strong love and affection Christ had for the Lord as his God, the delight and pleasure he had in him, and the satisfaction he had in the enjoyment of him and communion with him, and that it was his meat and drink to serve him, and to do his will; and though his goodness did not extend to him, yet his goodness and happiness as man lay in him: unless the sense should be,

"the Lord is he who gives me the portion of mine inheritance;''

meaning his church and people, all the elect of God, who are Christ's portion and inheritance, given him by the Father; see Deuteronomy 32:9; And assigns to me my cup, as of blessings, so of sorrows and sufferings, which being measured out, filled up, and put into his hand by his Father, he freely took it, John 18:11;

thou maintainest my lot; that is, either his interest in God himself, as his covenant God, which always continued; or the lot of goods, of grace and glory, put into his hands for his people, which always remains; or rather the saints themselves, who, as they are Christ's portion and inheritance, so they are his lot; in allusion to the land of Canaan, which was divided by lot: these Jehovah took hold of, kept, preserved, and upheld, as the word s signifies; so that they shall never totally and finally fall and perish; and this sense is countenanced by what follows.

s תומיך "sustentas", Musculus, Pagninus, Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Ainsworth; "sustentans", Montanus, Michaelis; "tenuisti", Cocceius; "tenendo quasi sustentans", Gejerus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance - In contradistinction from idols. The margin here is, “of my part.” The word properly means “lot, portion, part;” and is applicable to the portion of booty or plunder that fell to anyone; or to the portion of land that belonged to anyone in the division of an estate, 2Ki 9:10, 2 Kings 9:36-37. The meaning here is, that Yahweh was the being whom the psalmist worshipped as God, and that he sought no possession or comfort which did not proceed from him.

And my cup - The allusion here is to what we drink; and hence, the term is used in the sense of “lot” or “portion.” See the notes at Isaiah 51:17. Compare the notes at Psalms 11:6. The idea here is this: “The cup that I drink - that cheers, refreshes, and sustains me - is the Lord. I find comfort, refreshment, happiness, in him alone; not in the intoxicating bowl; not in sensual joys; but in God - in his being, perfections, friendship.”

Thou maintainest my lot - Thou dost defend my portion, or that which is allotted to me. The reference is to what he specifies in the following verse as his inheritance, and he says that that which was so valuable to him was sustained or preserved by God. He was the portion of his soul; he was the source of all his joy; he maintained or preserved all that was dear to his heart.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 16:5. The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance — The Messiah speaks. Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance; I seek no earthly good; I desire to do the will of God, and that only. It is God who has given me this lot-to redeem mankind-to have them for mine inheritance. From him I have received the cup of suffering, which I shall drink for their sake, through which I shall impart to them the cup of consolation. He, by the grace of God, has tasted death for every man; and he has instituted the cup of blessing to commemorate his passion and death.


 
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