Psalms 119:57

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“The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.”

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BSBPD

“The LORD is my portion; I have promised to keep Your words.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“Jehovah is my portion: I have said that I would observe thy words.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“<FI> Cheth.<Fi> My portion <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah; I have said--to keep Thy words,”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Psalms 119:57 — 16 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Deuteronomy 18:2Although they have no inheritance among their brothers, the LORD is their inheritance, as He promised them.
  2. Deuteronomy 26:17Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
  3. Joshua 24:15But if it is unpleasing in your sight to serve the LORD, then choose for yourselves this day whom you will serve, whether the gods your fathers served beyond the Euphrates, or the gods of the Amorites in whose land you are living. As for me and my house, we will serve the LORD!”
  4. Joshua 24:18And the LORD drove out before us all the nations, including the Amorites who lived in the land. We too will serve the LORD, because He is our God!”
  5. Joshua 24:21“No!” replied the people. “We will serve the LORD!”
  6. Joshua 24:24So the people said to Joshua, “We will serve the LORD our God and obey His voice.”
  7. Nehemiah 10:29hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
  8. Psalms 16:5The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; You have made my lot secure.
  9. Psalms 66:14the vows that my lips promised and my mouth spoke in my distress.
  10. Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever.
  11. Psalms 119:2Blessed are those who keep His testimonies and seek Him with all their heart.
  12. Psalms 119:106I have sworn and confirmed that I will keep Your righteous judgments.
  13. Psalms 119:115Depart from me, you evildoers, that I may obey the commandments of my God.
  14. Psalms 142:5I cry to You, O LORD: “You are my refuge, my portion in the land of the living.”
  15. Jeremiah 10:16The Portion of Jacob is not like these, for He is the Maker of all things, and Israel is the tribe of His inheritance— the LORD of Hosts is His name.
  16. Lamentations 3:24“The LORD is my portion,” says my soul, “therefore I will hope in Him.”

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