Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Psalms 16:5-7
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Psalms16:5-7
5-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9).
portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2).
maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.
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