1A miktam of David. Keep me, O God, for in you I have taken refuge.
2I said to Yahweh, “You are my Lord; my good is nothing apart from you.”
3As for the holy ones who are in the land, they are the majestic ones in whom is all my delight.
4The sorrows of those who hurry after another god will multiply; I will not pour out their libations of blood, nor will I lift their names upon my lips.
5Yahweh is my allotted portion and my cup; you hold my lot.
6The measuring lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, my inheritance is beautiful to me.
7I will bless Yahweh, who has counseled me; even in the nights my innermost being disciplines me.
8I have set Yahweh before me continually; because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
9Therefore my heart is glad and my glory rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
10For you will not abandon my life to Sheol, nor will you let your faithful one see the pit.
11You will make known to me the path of life; fullness of joys is with your presence, pleasures at your right hand forever.
Where this passage connects across Scripture — each link typed and reasoned, part of the AIT Bible Nexus Chart.
Yahweh Is My Chosen Portion
quotationActs 2:25— Peter quotes Ps 16:8-11 verbatim at Pentecost, applying it to Christ's resurrection.
quotationActs 13:35— Paul cites 'you will not let your Holy One see corruption' as fulfilled in the resurrection of Jesus.
quoted byActs 2:14— Peter quotes David's psalm as prophecy of the resurrection, the Holy One not seeing corruption.
quoted byActs 13:13— Paul quotes 'You will not let your Holy One see decay' from Ps 16 applied to the resurrection.
fulfilled in1 Corinthians 15:1— 'raised on the third day according to the Scriptures' draws on the psalm cited by the apostles that God would not let his Holy One see corruption.
fulfillmentActs 2:31— Peter interprets 'not abandoned to Sheol' as prophecy of Christ's resurrection fulfilled.
fulfilled inJohn 20:1— The 'Scripture that he must rise from the dead' points to the OT expectation cited in apostolic preaching that God's Holy One would not see corruption.
echoed inLamentations 3:21— Both declare Yahweh to be the speaker's portion.
echoed inPsalms 11:1— Shared imagery of the 'portion of the cup' as one's allotted lot, here for the wicked.
echoed inPsalms 119:1— The declaration 'Yahweh is my portion' echoes the psalmist's confession that Yahweh is his chosen portion.
echoed inPsalms 121:1— Yahweh at the right hand as protector/stabilizer of the worshiper.
thematicLamentations 3:24— Both declare 'The LORD is my portion' as the ground of hope.
thematicNumbers 18:20— The Lord as one's 'portion and inheritance,' echoing the Levites' inheritance being Yahweh himself.
thematicNumbers 18:8— The psalmist echoes the priestly language of Yahweh as one's portion and inheritance.
thematicPsalms 17:15— Both close with satisfaction and joy in God's presence beyond death.
thematicPsalms 15:1— Both close with the confident assurance that the righteous one will not be shaken.
thematicPsalms 17:1— Both express the hope of beholding God's presence/face and being satisfied with joy.
thematicPsalms 30:1— Both express confidence that Yahweh rescues life from Sheol/the pit rather than abandoning it to death.