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Psa. 16:5 KJV (With Strong’s)

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The Lord is the portionm of κmine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

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Lam. 3:24• ²⁴The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

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my part.

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The Lord.

Psa. 73:26• ²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)

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Psa. 119:57• ⁵⁷CHETH. Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)

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Psa. 142:5• ⁵I cried unto thee, O Lord: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)

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Deut. 32:9• ⁹For the Lord's portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance. (Deut. 32:9)

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Jer. 10:16• ¹⁶The 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. (Jer. 10:16)

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Lam. 3:24• ²⁴The Lord is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

mine inheritance.

Heb. my part.

of my.

Psa. 11:6• ⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone, and an horrible tempest: this shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)

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Psa. 23:5• ⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psa. 23:5)

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Psa. 116:13• ¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the Lord. (Psa. 116:13)

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Eph. 5:18• ¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, wherein is excess; but be filled with the Spirit; (Eph. 5:18)

thou.

Psa. 2:6• ⁶Yet have I set my king upon my holy hill of Zion. (Psa. 2:6)

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Psa. 9:4• ⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right. (Psa. 9:4)

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Psa. 21:7‑12• ⁷For the king trusteth in the Lord, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
⁸Thine hand shall find out all thine enemies: thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
⁹Thou shalt make them as a fiery oven in the time of thine anger: the Lord shall swallow them up in his wrath, and the fire shall devour them.
¹⁰Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
¹¹For they intended evil against thee: they imagined a mischievous device, which they are not able to perform.
¹²Therefore shalt thou make them turn their back, when thou shalt make ready thine arrows upon thy strings against the face of them. (Psa. 21:7‑12)

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Psa. 61:6‑7• ⁶Thou wilt prolong the king's life: and his years as many generations.
⁷He shall abide before God for ever: O prepare mercy and truth, which may preserve him. (Psa. 61:6‑7)

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Psa. 89:4,20‑37• ⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
²¹With whom my hand shall be established: mine arm also shall strengthen him.
²²The enemy shall not exact upon him; nor the son of wickedness afflict him.
²³And I will beat down his foes before his face, and plague them that hate him.
²⁴But my faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him: and in my name shall his horn be exalted.
²⁵I will set his hand also in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
²⁶He shall cry unto me, Thou art my father, my God, and the rock of my salvation.
²⁷Also I will make him my firstborn, higher than the kings of the earth.
²⁸My mercy will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him.
²⁹His seed also will I make to endure for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
³⁰If his children forsake my law, and walk not in my judgments;
³¹If they break my statutes, and keep not my commandments;
³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
³³Nevertheless my lovingkindness will I not utterly take from him, nor suffer my faithfulness to fail.
³⁴My covenant will I not break, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness that I will not lie unto David.
³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me.
³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, and as a faithful witness in heaven. Selah. (Psa. 89:4,20‑37)

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Psa. 110:1‑2• ¹<<A Psalm of David.>> The Lord said unto my Lord, Sit thou at my right hand, until I make thine enemies thy footstool.
²The Lord shall send the rod of thy strength out of Zion: rule thou in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:1‑2)

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Psa. 132:11,17‑18• ¹¹The Lord hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.
¹⁷There will I make the horn of David to bud: I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
¹⁸His enemies will I clothe with shame: but upon himself shall his crown flourish. (Psa. 132:11,17‑18)

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Isa. 42:1• ¹Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. (Isa. 42:1)

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Isa. 53:12• ¹²Therefore 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. (Isa. 53:12)

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Acts 2:32• ³²This Jesus hath God raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. (Acts 2:32)

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Acts 5:31• ³¹Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins. (Acts 5:31)

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1 Cor. 15:25• ²⁵For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. (1 Cor. 15:25)

• The inheritance is the permanent portion of the soul, the cup what its feelings are occupied with, what comes to a man to occupy his spirit by the way. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• {the cup} Thus, in Psa. 23, the circumstances were all sorrowful, but the Lord being shepherd all through them his cup ran over with joy and blessing. Thus Jehovah was the permanent portion of the heart of Christ, and, as walking through this world, that on which His heart rested; what formed and characterized His feelings more than the sorrow He went through, save on the cross. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• Nature has circumstances between itself and God; faith has God between the heart and circumstances. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• Thirdly, the blessed confidence that Jehovah maintains our lot; we trust not ourselves, not favorable circumstances, not a mountain which the Lord Himself has made strong, but Jehovah Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• Christ in His pathway through this world was not only separate from all that can come between God and man, but His heart was satisfied with Jehovah. The Lord was His portion; and while passing on to the earthly inheritance that God had purposed for Him, He tasted, in the cup, the joy of the inheritance by the way. (“Psalms 16” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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

JND Translation Notes

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Or "mine assigned portion."