King James Version (KJV)
Psalms 16:5
“The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.”
Verse in context — Psalms 16
3
[But] to the saints that [are] in the earth, and [to] the excellent, in whom [is] all my delight.
4
Their sorrows shall be multiplied [that] hasten [after] another [god]: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips.
5
The LORD [is] the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.
6
The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
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