Psalms 16 · Verse 7

Psalms 16:7

I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Psalms 16:7, King James Version

Psalms 16:7 in other translations

BSBI will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
WEBI will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
ASVI will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
YLTI bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.
DARBYI will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.
BBEI will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
WebsterI will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night season.

What does Psalms 16:7 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 16:5-7

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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Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 7 Who hath given me counsel - Jesus, as man, received all his knowledge and wisdom from God; Luk 2:40-52. And in him were hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. My reins also instruct me - כליותי kilyothai, reins or kidneys, which from their retired situation in the body, says Parkhurst, and being hidden in fat, are often used in Scripture for the most secret workings and affections of the heart. The kidneys and their fat were always to be burnt in sacrifice, to indicate that the most secret purposes and affections of the soul are to be devoted to God. In the night seasons - That is, in the time of my passion, my secret purposes and determinations concerning the redemption of man support me. "For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, despising the shame;" Heb 12:2.

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Psalms 16:7 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

אֲבָרֵ֗ךְ'a.va.RekhI will blessH1288
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
יְ֭הוָהYah.wehYahwehH3068
אֲשֶׁ֣ר'a.SherwhoH834
יְעָצָ֑נִיye.'a.Tza.nihe has counseled meH3289
אַף\־'af-alsoH637
לֵ֝יל֗וֹתlei.LotnightsH3915
יִסְּר֥וּנִיyi.se.Ru.nithey have instructed meH3256
כִלְיוֹתָֽי\׃khil.yo.Taikidneys myH3629

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Cross references for Psalms 16:7

  • Psalms 63:6

    When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.

  • Isaiah 50:4

    The Lord God hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • Psalms 77:6

    I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.

  • Psalms 73:24

    Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.

  • Psalms 42:8

    Yet the Lord will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.

  • Jeremiah 17:10

    I the Lord search the heart, I try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, and according to the fruit of his doings.

  • Isaiah 26:9

    With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.

  • Psalms 119:55

    I have remembered thy name, O Lord, in the night, and have kept thy law.

  • Isaiah 48:17

    Thus saith the Lord, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I am the Lord thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.

  • Proverbs 8:14

    Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.

  • Luke 6:12

    And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
who hath.
73:24; 119:7; Pr 8:14; Isa 11:2-4; 48:17; 50:4
my reins.
73:21; Jer 12:2; 17:10; Re 2:23
in the.
17:3; 22:2; 42:8; 63:6; 77:2,6; 119:55,148; Isa 26:9; Lu 6:12

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Context

  • Psalms 16:6

    The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.

  • Psalms 16:7

    I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

  • Psalms 16:8

    I have set the Lord always before me: because he is at my right hand, I shall not be moved.

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Psalms 16:7 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Bendeciré á Jehová que me aconseja: aun en las noches me enseñan mis riñones.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Je bénirai l’ Éternel qui me donne conseil; durant les nuits même mes reins m’enseignent.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Jehova werde ich preisen, der mich beraten hat, selbst des Nachts unterweisen mich meine Nieren.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Mirifica misericordias tuas, qui salvos facis sperantes in te.