Psalms 16:5

Yahweh himself is David's portion, cup, and secure inheritance. It matters because God, not earthly possessions, is the believer's lasting wealth.

Cross-references · 25

• Ps 73:26My flesh and my heart fails, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
• Ps 142:5I cried to you, Yahweh. I said, “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
• Lam 3:24“Yahweh is my portion,” says my soul. “Therefore I will hope in him.”
• Ps 119:57Yahweh is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
• Ps 23:5You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies. You anoint my head with oil. My cup runs over.
• Deut 32:9For Yahweh’s portion is his people. Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
• Ps 89:20–37I have found David, my servant. I have anointed him with my holy oil,
• Ps 89:4‘I will establish your offspring forever, and build up your throne to all generations.’” Selah.
• Ps 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call on Yahweh’s name.
• Jer 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like these; for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the tribe of his inheritance: Yahweh of Armies is his name.
• Isa 53:12Therefore will I give him a portion with the great, and he will divide the plunder with the strong; because he poured out his soul to death, and was counted with the transgressors; yet he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors.
• Ps 9:4For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
• Ps 21:7–12For the king trusts in Yahweh. Through the loving kindness of the Most High, he shall not be moved.
• Ps 2:6“Yet I have set my King on my holy hill of Zion.”
• Ps 132:11Yahweh has sworn to David in truth. He will not turn from it: “I will set the fruit of your body on your throne.
• Acts 5:31God exalted him with his right hand to be a Prince and a Savior, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
• Ps 11:6On the wicked he will rain blazing coals; fire, sulfur, and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup.
• Ps 125:3For the scepter of wickedness won’t remain over the allotment of the righteous; so that the righteous won’t use their hands to do evil.
• 1 Cor 15:25For he must reign until he has put all his enemies under his feet.
• Isa 42:1“Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights — I have put my Spirit on him. He will bring justice to the nations.
• Eph 5:18Don’t be drunken with wine, in which is dissipation, but be filled with the Spirit,
• Ps 110:1–2A Psalm by David. Yahweh says to my Lord, “Sit at my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool for your feet.”
• Acts 2:32This Jesus God raised up, to which we all are witnesses.
• Ps 132:17–18There I will make the horn of David to bud. I have ordained a lamp for my anointed.
• Ps 61:6–7You will prolong the king’s life; his years shall be for generations.

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