Psalm 16:5-7

You Will Not Abandon My Soul

5 The Lord is m my chosen portion and my n cup;
you hold my o lot.
 6 p The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places;
indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance.

7 I bless the Lord who q gives me counsel;
in r the night also my s heart instructs me. 1

  1. Cross References
    Psalms 73:26
    My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the ...
    Psalms 119:57
    The Lord is my portion; I promise to keep your ...
    Psalms 142:5
    I cry to you, O Lord ; I say, "You are my refug...
    Numbers 18:20
    And the Lord said to Aaron, "You shall have no ...
    Lamentations 3:24
    "The Lord is my portion," says my soul, "theref...
    Deuteronomy 32:9
    But the Lord 's portion is his people, Jacob hi...
    Jeremiah 10:16
    Not like these is he who is the portion of Jaco...
    Jeremiah 51:19
    Not like these is he who is the portion of Jaco...
  2. Cross References
    Psalms 23:5
    You prepare a table before me in the presence of my enemies; you anoint my head with oil; my cup overflows.
    Psalms 116:13
    I will lift up the cup of salvation and call on the name of the Lord.
  3. Cross References
    Psalms 125:3
    For the scepter of wickedness shall not rest on the land allotted to the righteous, lest the righteous stretch out their hands to do wrong.
  4. Cross References
    Micah 2:5
    Therefore you will have none to cast the line by lot in the assembly of the Lord.
  5. Cross References
    1 Samuel 23:9 - 12
    David knew that Saul was plotting harm against him. And he said to Abiathar the priest, "Bring the ephod here.
    2 Samuel 5:18 - 19
    Now the Philistines had come and spread out in the Valley of Rephaim.
  6. Cross References
    Psalms 17:3
    You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
    Psalms 42:8
    By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
  7. Cross References
    Psalms 7:9
    Oh, let the evil of the wicked come to an end, and may you establish the righteous - you who test the minds and hearts, O righteous God!
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