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Psalms 119:57 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words. "
Psalms 119:57
Verse in Context
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55 I have remembered your name, LORD, in the night, and I obey your law.
56 This is my way, that I keep your precepts.
57 The LORD is my portion. I promised to obey your words.
58 I sought your favor with my whole heart. Be merciful to me according to your word.
59 I considered my ways, and turned my steps to your statutes.
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From this verse, we can see the character of a godly person.
He makes God’s favor his true happiness: “You are my portion, O Lord.” Other people put their joy in wealth and honor in this world. Their share is only for this life. They stop there, and they want no more, “these are your good things” (Luke 16:25). But everyone set apart for God takes the Lord as the share of their inheritance and cup, and nothing less will satisfy them. David can appeal to God here and say, “Lord, you know that I have chosen you as my portion, and I depend on you to make me happy.”
He also makes God’s law his guide. “I have said that I would keep your words,” and what he has said by God’s grace, he will do, and keep doing to the end. Those who take God as their portion must also take him as their ruler and give him their loyalty. Since we have promised to keep his word, we should often remind ourselves of that promise (Psalm 39:1).
From This Chapter
Psalms 119:1
"Blessed are those whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the LORD’s law."
Psalms 119:2
"Blessed are those who keep his statutes, who seek him with their whole heart."
Psalms 119:3
"Yes, they do nothing wrong. They walk in his ways."
Psalms 119:4
"You have commanded your precepts, that we should fully obey them."
Psalms 119:5
"Oh that my ways were steadfast to obey your statutes!"
Psalms 119:6
"Then I wouldn’t be disappointed, when I consider all of your commandments."
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