Psalms 119:57 · KJV
“CHETH. {Thou art} my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.”
— Psalms 119:57
This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
I intreated thy favour with {my} whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. {favour: Heb. face}
Psalms 119 — Context
I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
56This I had, because I kept thy precepts.
57CHETH. {Thou art} my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
58I intreated thy favour with {my} whole heart: be merciful unto me according to thy word. {favour: Heb. face}
59I thought on my ways, and turned my feet unto thy testimonies.
Cross References
Lamentations 3:24
The LORD {is} my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
Psalms 16:5
The LORD {is} the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot. {of mine...: Heb. of my part}
Psalms 142:5
I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou {art} my refuge {and} my portion in the land of the living.
Jeremiah 10:16
The 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.
Psalms 73:26
My flesh and my heart faileth: {but} God {is} the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever. {strength: Heb. rock}
Psalms 119:115
Depart from me, ye evildoers: for I will keep the commandments of my God.
Joshua 24:18
And the LORD drave out from before us all the people, even the Amorites which dwelt in the land: {therefore} will we also serve the LORD; for he {is} our God.
Joshua 24:15
And if it seem evil unto you to serve the LORD, choose you this day whom ye will serve; whether the gods which your fathers served that {were} on the other side of the flood, or the gods of the Amorites, in whose land ye dwell: but as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.