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Psalms 16:5
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LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
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Psalms 16:5 in Other Translations
KJV
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The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
ESV
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The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
NLT
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LORD, you alone are my inheritance, my cup of blessing. You guard all that is mine.
MSG
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My choice is you, God, first and only. And now I find I'm your choice!
CSB
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Lord, You are my portion and my cup [of blessing]; You hold my future.
Psalms 16:5 In-Context
3
I say of the holy people who are in the land, “They are the noble ones in whom is all my delight.”
4
Those who run after other gods will suffer more and more. I will not pour out libations of blood to such gods or take up their names on my lips.
5
LORD, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure.
6
The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance.
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I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
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Leviticus 2:2
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Psalms 73:26
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Psalms 23:5
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Psalms 75:8
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Psalms 116:13
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Isaiah 51:17
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Lamentations 4:21
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Ezekiel 23:32-34
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Habakkuk 2:16
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Job 31:2
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