Psalms 16 · Verse 5

Psalms 16:5

The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
Psalms 16:5, King James Version

Psalms 16:5 in other translations

BSBThe LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
WEBThe LORD assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.
ASVJehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.
YLTJehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou--Thou dost uphold my lot.
DARBYJehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
BBEThe Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.
WebsterThe LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

What does Psalms 16:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 16:5-7
5-7. 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. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Psalms 16:5 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.

יְֽהוָ֗הYah.wehYahwehH3068
מְנָת\־me.not-[is] [the] portion ofH4490
חֶלְקִ֥יchel.Kipossession myH2506
וְכוֹסִ֑יve.kho.Siand cup myH3563
אַ֝תָּ֗ה'a.TahyouH859
תּוֹמִ֥יךְto.Mikh[are] holdingH8551
גּוֹרָלִֽי\׃go.ra.Lilot myH1486

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

Cross references for Psalms 16:5

  • 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.

  • Psalms 119:57

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

  • 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.

  • Deuteronomy 32:9

    For the Lord’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.

  • Psalms 89:20-37

    I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him: With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him. The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him. And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him. …

  • Psalms 9:4

    For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.

  • Psalms 89:4

    Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.

  • Isaiah 53:12

    Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressors; and he bare the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.

  • Psalms 116:13

    I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord.

  • 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
The Lord.
73:26; 119:57; 142:5; De 32:9; Jer 10:16; La 3:24
mine inheritance. Heb. my part. of my.
11:6; 23:5; 116:13; Eph 5:18
thou.
2:6; 9:4; 21:7-12; 61:6,7; 89:4,20-37; 110:1,2; 132:11,17,18
Isa 42:1; 53:12; Ac 2:32; 5:31; 1Co 15:25

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 16:4

    Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.

  • Psalms 16:5

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

  • Psalms 16:6

    The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

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Psalms 16:5 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Jehová es la porción de mi parte y de mi copa; tú sustentarás mi suerte.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		L’ Éternel est la portion de mon héritage et de ma coupe; tu maintiens mon lot.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova ist das Teil meines Erbes und meines Bechers; du erhältst mein Los.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Perfice gressus meos in semitis tuis, ut non moveantur vestigia mea.