Psalms 119 · Verse 57

Psalms 119:57

ח CHETH. Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Psalms 119:57, King James Version

Psalms 119:57 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
WEBThe LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
ASVJehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
YLTCheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said--to keep Thy words,
DARBYCHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
BBEThe Lord is my heritage: I have said that I would be ruled by your words.
WebsterCHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.

What does Psalms 119:57 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 119:57-60
57-60. Sincere desires for God's favor, penitence, and activity in a new obedience, truly evince the sincerity of those who profess to find God a portion (Nu 18:20; Psa 16:5; La 3:24).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 57 Thou art my portion, O Lord - From the fifty-seventh to the sixtieth verse may be seen the progress of the work of grace on the human heart, from the first dawn of heavenly light till the soul is filled with the fullness of God. But as I consider this Psalm as notes selected from diaries of past experience, formed at different times; and that the author has been obliged, for the support of his acrostic plan, to interchange circumstances, putting that sometimes behind which in the order of grace comes before; because, to put it in its right place, the letters would not accord with the alphabetical arrangement; I shall therefore follow what I conceive to be its order in the connection of grace, and not in the order in which the words are here laid down.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 119:57-64
True believers take the Lord for the portion of their inheritance, and nothing less will satisfy them. The psalmist prayed with his whole heart, knowing how to value the blessing he prayed for: he desired the mercy promised, and depended on the promise for it. He turned from by-paths, and returned to God's testimonies. He delayed not. It behoves sinners to hasten to escape; and the believer will be equally in haste to glorify God. No care or grief should take away God's word out of our minds, or hinder the comfort it bestows. There is no situation on earth in which a believer has not cause to be thankful. Let us feel ashamed that others are more willing to keep from sleep to spend the time in sinful pleasures, than we are to praise God. And we should be more earnest in prayer, that our hearts may be filled with his mercy, grace, and peace.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Psalms 119:57 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

חֶלְקִ֖יchel.Ki[is] portion myH2506
יְהוָ֥הYah.wehYahwehH3068
אָמַ֗רְתִּי'a.Mar.tiI have saidH559
לִשְׁמֹ֥רlish.Morto keepH8104
דְּבָרֶֽיךָ\׃de.va.Rei.khawords yourH1697

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 119:57

  • Lamentations 3:24

    The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.

  • Psalms 16:5

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

  • Psalms 142:5

    I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.

  • Psalms 73:26

    My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.

  • Jeremiah 10:16

    The 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.

  • Psalms 119:115

    Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.

  • Joshua 24:15

    And if it seem evil unto you to serve the Lord, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that were on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

  • Joshua 24:21

    And the people said unto Joshua, Nay; but we will serve the Lord.

  • Joshua 24:18

    And the Lord drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: therefore will we also serve the Lord; for he is our God.

  • Joshua 24:24-27

    And the people said unto Joshua, The Lord our God will we serve, and his voice will we obey. So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem. And Joshua wrote these words in the book of the law of God, and took a great stone, and set it up there under an oak, that was by the sanctuary of the Lord. And Joshua said unto all the people, Behold, this stone shall be a witness unto us; for it hath heard all the words of the Lord which he spake unto us: it shall be therefore a witness unto you, lest ye deny your God.

  • Psalms 66:14

    Which my lips have uttered, and my mouth hath spoken, when I was in trouble.

  • Deuteronomy 26:17-18

    Thou hast avouched the Lord this day to be thy God, and to walk in his ways, and to keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his judgments, and to hearken unto his voice: And the Lord hath avouched thee this day to be his peculiar people, as he hath promised thee, and that thou shouldest keep all his commandments;

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
CHETH
my portion.
16:5; 73:26; 142:5; Jer 10:16; La 3:24
I have.
106,115; 66:14; De 26:17,18; Jos 24:15,18,21,24-27; Ne 10:29-39

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Context

  • Psalms 119:56

    This I had, because I kept thy precepts.

  • Psalms 119:57

    ח CHETH. Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.

  • Psalms 119:58

    I intreated thy favour with my whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word.

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Psalms 119:57 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		CHETH. Mi porción, oh Jehová, dije, será guardar tus palabras.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Ma part, ô Éternel! je l’ai dit, c’est de garder tes paroles.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Mein Teil, Jehova, habe ich gesagt, ist, deine Worte zu bewahren.