Psalm 16:5 - Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

⁵ The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot.

More versions

King James Version (Oxford) 1769

⁵ The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

⁵ The Lord is my chosen and assigned portion, my cup; You hold and maintain my lot.

American Standard Version (1901)

⁵ Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

Common English Bible

⁵ You, LORD, are my portion, my cup; you control my destiny.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁵ Perfect my steps in your paths, so that my footsteps may not be disturbed.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁵ Perfect thou my goings in thy paths: that my footsteps be not moved.

Psalm 16:5 Cross References

Psalm 11:6

On the wicked he will rain coals of fire and brimstone; a scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.

Psalm 116:13

I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord,

Psalm 119:57

The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep thy words.

Psalm 125:3

For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest upon the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous put forth their hands to do wrong.

Psalm 132:11

The Lord swore to David a sure oath from which he will not turn back: “One of the sons of your body I will set on your throne.

Psalm 142:5

I cry to thee, O Lord; I say, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.

Psalm 2:6

“I have set my king on Zion, my holy hill.”

Psalm 23:5

Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of my enemies; thou anointest my head with oil, my cup overflows.

Psalm 73:26

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

Psalm 89:4

‘I will establish your descendants for ever, and build your throne for all generations.’ ” Selah

Psalm 9:4

For thou hast maintained my just cause; thou hast sat on the throne giving righteous judgment.

Isaiah 42:1

Behold my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my Spirit upon him, he will bring forth justice to the nations.

Isaiah 53:12

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

Jeremiah 10:16

Not like these is he who is the portion of Jacob, for he is the one who formed all things, and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance; the Lord of hosts is his name.

Lamentations 3:24

“The Lord is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in him.”

Acts 2:32

This Jesus God raised up, and of that we all are witnesses.

Acts 5:31

God exalted him at his right hand as Leader and Savior, to give repentance to Israel and forgiveness of sins.

1 Corinthians 15:25

For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.

Ephesians 5:18

And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit,

Deuteronomy 18:2

They shall have no inheritance among their brethren; the Lord is their inheritance, as he promised them.

Deuteronomy 32:9

For the Lord's portion is his people, Jacob his allotted heritage.

Joshua 22:25

For the Lord has made the Jordan a boundary between us and you, you Reubenites and Gadites; you have no portion in the Lord.’ So your children might make our children cease to worship the Lord.

Joshua 22:27

but to be a witness between us and you, and between the generations after us, that we do perform the service of the Lord in his presence with our burnt offerings and sacrifices and peace offerings; lest your children say to our children in time to come, “You have no portion in the Lord.” ’