5The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.


In Context

2 O my soul, you have said to the LORD, You are my Lord: my goodness extends not to you;

3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight.

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.

5 The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: you maintain my lot.

6 The lines are fallen to me in pleasant places; yes, I have a goodly heritage.

7 I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psalm 16:5 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

16:5The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

16:5Lord , you have assigned me my portion and my cup; you have made my lot secure.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

16:5The Lord is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: it is thou that wilt restore my inheritance to me.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

16:5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: Thou maintainest my lot.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

16:5The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5The LORD is the portion of my inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5Yahweh assigned my portion and my cup. You made my lot secure.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

16:5Jehovah is the portion of my share, and of my cup, Thou — Thou dost uphold my lot.