Psalms 119:57
55 In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
56 This is my practice, for I obey Your precepts.
The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
58 I have sought Your face with all my heart; be gracious to me according to Your promise.
59 I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.
- KJV
- Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
- WEB
- The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
- ASV
- Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.
- DARBY
- CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words.
- BLB
- YHWH [is] my portion; I have said I would keep Your words.
- ÅB
- Herren er min del, sa jeg, idet jeg holdt dine ord.
- OTB
- Herren er min del;
Jeg har lovet å holde dine ord. - B1930
- Herren er min del, sa jeg, idet jeg holdt dine ord.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Lamentations 3:24
“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”
Read in contextPsalms 16:5
The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
Read in contextPsalms 142:5
I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
Read in contextPsalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
Read in contextJeremiah 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.
Read in contextPsalms 119:115
Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
Read in contextJoshua 24:15
But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
Read in contextJoshua 24:21
“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
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