Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version You are my portion, LORD; I have promised to obey your words. New Living Translation LORD, you are mine! I promise to obey your words! English Standard Version The LORD is my portion; I promise to keep your words. Berean Standard Bible The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. King James Bible CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. New King James Version You are my portion, O LORD; I have said that I would keep Your words. New American Standard Bible The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. NASB 1995 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. NASB 1977 The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Thy words. Legacy Standard Bible Yahweh is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. Amplified Bible The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. Christian Standard Bible The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep your words. Holman Christian Standard Bible The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. American Standard Version ? HHETH. Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words. Contemporary English Version You, LORD, are my choice, and I will obey you. English Revised Version CHETH. The LORD is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words. GOD'S WORD® Translation You are my inheritance, O LORD. I promised to hold on to your words. Good News Translation You are all I want, O LORD; I promise to obey your laws. International Standard Version The LORD is my inheritance; I have given my promise to keep your word. Majority Standard Bible The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. NET Bible The LORD is my source of security. I have determined to follow your instructions. New Heart English Bible HET. The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words. Webster's Bible Translation CHETH. Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words. World English Bible HETH Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words. Literal Translations Literal Standard Version[HETH] YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words, Young's Literal Translation Cheth. My portion is Jehovah; I have said -- to keep Thy words, Smith's Literal Translation My portion, O Jehovah: I said to watch thy words. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims Bible[HETH] O Lord, my portion, I have said, I would keep the law. Catholic Public Domain Version New American Bible My portion is the LORD; I promise to observe your words. New Revised Standard Version The LORD is my portion; I promise to keep your words. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleKHETH. On the LORD'S business have I meditated, that I may keep thy commandments. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated Kheth In the volume of LORD JEHOVAH I have meditated that I would keep your commandments. OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917My portion is the LORD, I have said that I would observe Thy words. Brenton Septuagint Translation Thou art my portion, O Lord: I said that I would keep thy law. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Your Word is a Lamp to My Feet…56This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts. 57The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words. 58I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.… Cross References Deuteronomy 32:9 But the LORD’s portion is His people, Jacob His allotted inheritance. Lamentations 3:24 “The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.” Joshua 18:7 The Levites, however, have no portion among you, because their inheritance is the priesthood of the LORD. And Gad, Reuben, and half the tribe of Manasseh have already received the inheritance that Moses the servant of the LORD gave them beyond the Jordan to the east.” Numbers 18:20 Then the LORD said to Aaron, “You will have no inheritance in their land, nor will you have any portion among them. I am your portion and your inheritance among the Israelites. Psalm 16:5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. Psalm 142:5 I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.” Jeremiah 10:16 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name. Jeremiah 51:19 The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and of the tribe of His inheritance—the LORD of Hosts is His name. 2 Corinthians 6:16 What agreement can exist between the temple of God and idols? For we are the temple of the living God. As God has said: “I will dwell with them and walk among them, and I will be their God, and they will be My people.” Hebrews 8:10 For this is the covenant I will make with the house of Israel after those days, declares the Lord. I will put My laws in their minds and inscribe them on their hearts. And I will be their God, and they will be My people. 1 Peter 2:9 But you are a chosen people, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for God’s own possession, to proclaim the virtues of Him who called you out of darkness into His marvelous light. Romans 8:17 And if we are children, then we are heirs: heirs of God and co-heirs with Christ—if indeed we suffer with Him, so that we may also be glorified with Him. Ephesians 1:11 In Him we were also chosen as God’s own, having been predestined according to the plan of Him who works out everything by the counsel of His will, Colossians 1:12 giving thanks to the Father, who has qualified you to share in the inheritance of the saints in the light. Treasury of Scripture You are my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep your words. my portion Psalm 16:5 The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. Psalm 73:26 My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. Psalm 142:5 I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living. I have Psalm 119:106,115 I have sworn, and I will perform it, that I will keep thy righteous judgments… Psalm 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: … Jump to Previous Heritage HETH Obey Observe Portion Promise Promised Ruled WordsJump to Next Heritage HETH Obey Observe Portion Promise Promised Ruled WordsPsalm 119 1. This psalm contains various prayers, praises, and professions of obedience.2. Aleph. 9. Beth 17. Gimel 25. Daleth 33. He 41. Waw 49. Zayin 57. Heth 65. Teth 73. Yodh 81. Kaph 89. Lamedh 97. Mem 105. Nun 113. Samekh 121. Ayin 129. Pe 137. Tsadhe 145. Qoph 153. Resh 161. Sin and Shin 169. Taw The LORD The term "LORD" in this context is derived from the Hebrew "YHWH," the sacred and personal name of God revealed to Moses in Exodus 3:14. This name signifies God's eternal, self-existent nature and His covenant relationship with His people. In the conservative Christian perspective, this highlights the personal and intimate relationship believers have with God, who is not a distant deity but a present and active participant in their lives. The use of "LORD" underscores the psalmist's recognition of God's sovereignty and faithfulness. is my portion I have promised to keep Your words (57) Thou art my portion, O Lord.--This rendering is in accordance with Psalm 16:5; Psalm 73:26. But, even with these passages in view, a better rendering would be-- "This is my portion, O Lord, I said (it), To keep Thy words." Verse 57. - Thou art my Portion, O Lord (see Psalm 73:26; Psalm 142:5; and comp. Numbers 18:20; Joshua 13:33). I have said that I would keep thy words; or, "I have resolved" (Cheyne).Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The LORDיְהוָ֥ה (Yah·weh) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3069: YHWH is my portion; חֶלְקִ֖י (ḥel·qî) Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular Strong's 2506: Portion, tract, territory I have promised אָמַ֗רְתִּי (’ā·mar·tî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 559: To utter, say to keep לִשְׁמֹ֥ר (liš·mōr) Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Strong's 8104: To hedge about, guard, to protect, attend to Your words. דְּבָרֶֽיךָ׃ (də·ḇā·re·ḵā) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person masculine singular Strong's 1697: A word, a matter, thing, a cause Links Psalm 119:57 NIVPsalm 119:57 NLT Psalm 119:57 ESV Psalm 119:57 NASB Psalm 119:57 KJV Psalm 119:57 BibleApps.com Psalm 119:57 Biblia Paralela Psalm 119:57 Chinese Bible Psalm 119:57 French Bible Psalm 119:57 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 119:57 Yahweh is my portion (Psalm Ps Psa.) |