Meet God in Scripture

Meet God in Psalms 16:5

“The LORD is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.”

Psalms 16:5 (KJV)

Six ways to encounter God here

A passage is not only to be understood; it is to be lived with. Choose how you want to meet God in Psalms 16:5, and Living Bread opens it right there.

Read itSit with the words themselves in The Word.Study itContext, cross-references, and questions in Bible Study.Be still in itLet it quiet you in the Sanctuary.Pray itTurn it into a prayer of your own.Hide it in your heartMemorize it, word by word.Encounter it togetherGather a few people to walk through it.

The passage in its setting

Meeting God in a verse begins with hearing it where it lives, in the flow of Psalms 16. Read it slowly, and let the focal verse settle into its own context.

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.

The web of Scripture around it

Where this passage echoes across the Bible, from the cross-reference graph, 14 connected Scriptures. Each one is a door to meet God there too.

  • Psalms 73:26My flesh and my heart faileth: but God is the strength of my heart, and my portion for ever.
  • Psalms 142:5I cried unto thee, O LORD: I said, Thou art my refuge and my portion in the land of the living.
  • Lamentations 3:24The LORD is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him.
  • Psalms 119:57Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
  • Psalms 23:5Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies: thou anointest my head with oil; my cup runneth over.
  • Deuteronomy 32:9For the LORD’s portion is his people; Jacob is the lot of his inheritance.
  • Psalms 89:20I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
  • Psalms 89:4Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne to all generations. Selah.
  • Psalms 9:4For thou hast maintained my right and my cause; thou satest in the throne judging right.
  • Isaiah 53:12Therefore will I divide him a portion with the great, and he shall divide the spoil with the strong; because he hath poured out his soul unto death: and he was numbered with the transgressor…
  • Jeremiah 10:16The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.
  • Psalms 116:13I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of the LORD.
  • Psalms 21:7For the king trusteth in the LORD, and through the mercy of the most High he shall not be moved.
  • Psalms 132:11The LORD hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it; Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne.

More to meet God in Psalms

Psalms 23:1Psalms 46:10Psalms 91:1Psalms 27:1Psalms 139:14Psalms 34:18Psalms 118:24Psalms 46:1Psalms 37:4Psalms 121:1Psalms 19:1Psalms 51:10Psalms 118:6Psalms 30:5

How it points to Christ

Every Scripture ultimately leads to Jesus. See how the whole Bible points to Him in Christ in all Scripture, then meet Him for yourself.