Verse Lens · Context pointer
Psalms 119:57 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 57. 57Thou art my portion, O LORD: I have said that I would keep thy words.
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Role in This Section
Psalm 119:57: Within “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Heth stanza,” the line “Thou art my portion, O LORD” supplies one distinct parallel claim, image, address, or response.
Read It With
- Psalms 119:1–176
- Psalms 119:57–64
Read Psalm 119:57 with 119:57–64 and the whole of Psalm 119. Psalm 119:57 states or addresses a claim about divine character or action through “Thou art my portion, O LORD” inside this poetic voice. The acrostic-torah-prayer form, parallel lines, voice, and Book V placement keep the selected line from becoming a contextless slogan.
Why It Needs Context
The line “Thou art my portion, O LORD” is a premise, image, address, response, or transition inside Psalms 119:57–64; its parallel neighbors and the movement titled “Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Heth stanza” must supply the claim before teaching or application.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Psalms 119:57–64 — Twenty-two alphabetic stanzas delight in Torah: Heth stanzaSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? probable
These are the sources used directly for this lens. Language, grammar, disagreements, and the complete source shelf remain attached to the full thought-unit research record.
Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Psalms 119:57–64, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Psalms
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Ps.xml, OSIS 119:57–64
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