For the LORD'S portion [is] his people; Jacob [is] the lot of his inheritance.
Ver. 9. For the Lord's portion.] Dear to God, though despised of the world. They are the Lord's "inheritance," Isa 19:25 "peculiar" ones, Exo 19:5 the people of his purchase, that comprehended all his gettings, 1Pe 2:9 his "glory," Isa 46:13 his "ornament," Eze 7:20 his "throne," Jer 4:17 his "diadem," Isa 62:3 "heirs of the kingdom," saith St James, Jam 2:5 heads destinated to the diadem, saith Tertullian.