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The Lord is the portionm of κmine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

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Lam. 3:24• ²⁴Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

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my part.

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The Lord.

Psa. 73:26• ²⁶My flesh and my heart faileth: God is the rock of my heart and my portion for ever. (Psa. 73:26)

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Psa. 119:57• ⁵⁷CHETH. My portion, O Jehovah, I have said, is to keep thy words. (Psa. 119:57)

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Psa. 142:5• ⁵I cried unto thee, Jehovah; I said, Thou art my refuge, my portion in the land of the living. (Psa. 142:5)

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Deut. 32:9• ⁹For Jehovah's portion is his people; Jacob the lot of his inheritance. (Deut. 32:9)

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Jer. 10:16• ¹⁶The portion of Jacob is not like them; for it is he that hath formed all things, and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: Jehovah of hosts is his name. (Jer. 10:16)

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Lam. 3:24• ²⁴Jehovah is my portion, saith my soul; therefore will I hope in him. (Lam. 3:24)

mine inheritance.

Heb. my part.

of my.

Psa. 11:6• ⁶Upon the wicked he shall rain snares, fire and brimstone; and scorching wind shall be the portion of their cup. (Psa. 11:6)

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Psa. 23:5• ⁵Thou preparest a table before me in the presence of mine enemies; thou hast anointed my head with oil; my cup runneth over. (Psa. 23:5)

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Psa. 116:13• ¹³I will take the cup of salvation, and call upon the name of Jehovah. (Psa. 116:13)

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Eph. 5:18• ¹⁸And be not drunk with wine, in which is debauchery; but be filled with the Spirit, (Eph. 5:18)

thou.

Psa. 2:6• ⁶And *I* have anointed my king upon Zion, the hill of my holiness. (Psa. 2:6)

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Psa. 9:4• ⁴For thou hast maintained my right and my cause. Thou sittest on the throne, judging righteously. (Psa. 9:4)

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Psa. 21:7‑12• ⁷For the king confideth in Jehovah: and through the loving-kindness of the Most High he shall not be moved.
⁸Thy hand shall find out all thine enemies; thy right hand shall find out those that hate thee.
⁹Thou shalt make them as a fiery furnace in the time of thy presence; Jehovah shall swallow them up in his anger, and the fire shall devour them:
¹⁰Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
¹¹For they intended evil against thee; they imagined a mischievous device, which they could not execute.
¹²For thou wilt make them turn their back; thou wilt make ready thy bowstring against their face. (Psa. 21:7‑12)

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Psa. 61:6‑7• ⁶Thou wilt add days to the days of the king: his years shall be as many generations.
⁷He shall abide before God for ever: bestow loving-kindness and truth, that they may preserve him. (Psa. 61:6‑7)

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Psa. 89:4,20‑37• ⁴Thy seed will I establish for ever, and build up thy throne from generation to generation. Selah.
²⁰I have found David my servant; with my holy oil have I anointed him:
²¹With whom my hand shall be established; and mine arm shall strengthen him.
²²No enemy shall exact upon him, nor the son of wickedness afflict him;
²³But I will beat down his adversaries before his face, and will smite them that hate him.
²⁴And my faithfulness and my loving-kindness shall be with him, and by my name shall his horn be exalted.
²⁵And I will set his hand in the sea, and his right hand in the rivers.
²⁶*He* shall call unto me, Thou art my father, my *God, and the rock of my salvation;
²⁷And as to me, I will make him firstborn, the highest of the kings of the earth.
²⁸My loving-kindness will I keep for him for evermore, and my covenant shall stand fast with him;
²⁹And I will establish his seed for ever, and his throne as the days of heaven.
³⁰If his sons forsake my law, and walk not in mine ordinances;
³¹If they profane my statutes, and keep not my commandments:
³²Then will I visit their transgression with the rod, and their iniquity with stripes.
³³Nevertheless my loving-kindness will I not utterly take from him, nor belie my faithfulness;
³⁴My covenant will I not profane, nor alter the thing that is gone out of my lips.
³⁵Once have I sworn by my holiness; I will not lie unto David:
³⁶His seed shall endure for ever, and his throne as the sun before me;
³⁷It shall be established for ever as the moon, and the witness in the sky is firm. Selah. (Psa. 89:4,20‑37)

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Psa. 110:1‑2• ¹Psalm of David. Jehovah said unto my Lord, Sit at my right hand, until I put thine enemies as footstool of thy feet.
²Jehovah shall send the sceptre of thy might out of Zion: rule in the midst of thine enemies. (Psa. 110:1‑2)

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Psa. 132:11,17‑18• ¹¹Jehovah hath sworn in truth unto David; he will not turn from it: Of the fruit of thy body will I set upon thy throne;
¹⁷There will I cause the horn of David to bud forth; I have ordained a lamp for mine anointed.
¹⁸His enemies will I clothe with shame; but upon himself shall his crown flourish. (Psa. 132:11,17‑18)

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Isa. 42:1• ¹Behold my servant whom I uphold, mine elect in whom my soul delighteth! I will put my Spirit upon him; he shall bring forth judgment to the nations. (Isa. 42:1)

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Isa. 53:12• ¹²Therefore will I assign 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 was reckoned with the transgressors; and he bore the sin of many, and made intercession for the transgressors. (Isa. 53:12)

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Acts 2:32• ³²This Jesus has God raised up, whereof all *we* are witnesses. (Acts 2:32)

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Acts 5:31• ³¹Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins. (Acts 5:31)

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1 Cor. 15:25• ²⁵For he must reign until he put all enemies under his feet. (1 Cor. 15:25)

• The inheritance is the permanent portion of the soul, the cup what its feelings are occupied with, what comes to a man to occupy his spirit by the way. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• {the cup} Thus, in Psa. 23, the circumstances were all sorrowful, but the Lord being shepherd all through them his cup ran over with joy and blessing. Thus Jehovah was the permanent portion of the heart of Christ, and, as walking through this world, that on which His heart rested; what formed and characterized His feelings more than the sorrow He went through, save on the cross. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• Nature has circumstances between itself and God; faith has God between the heart and circumstances. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• Thirdly, the blessed confidence that Jehovah maintains our lot; we trust not ourselves, not favorable circumstances, not a mountain which the Lord Himself has made strong, but Jehovah Himself. (“Practical Reflections on the Psalms: Psalms 12-15” by J.N. Darby)

• Christ in His pathway through this world was not only separate from all that can come between God and man, but His heart was satisfied with Jehovah. The Lord was His portion; and while passing on to the earthly inheritance that God had purposed for Him, He tasted, in the cup, the joy of the inheritance by the way. (“Psalms 16” by H. Smith)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Jehovah is the portion of mine inheritancef and of my cup: thou maintainest my lot.

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Or "mine assigned portion."