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Psalms 16:7
7I will bless the Lord who counsels me — even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
Psalms 16:7 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)I will bless the Lord, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
- New International Version (NIV)I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me.
- English Standard Version (ESV)I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
Context of Psalms 16:7
5Lord, you are my portion and my cup of blessing; you hold my future. 6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. I will bless the Lord who counsels me — even at night when my thoughts trouble me. 8I always let the Lord guide me. Because he is at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad and my whole being rejoices; my body also rests securely.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:7 word by word
אֲבָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצָ֑נִי אַף־לֵ֝יל֗וֹת יִסְּר֥וּנִי כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 16:7
- Psalms 73:24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will take me up in glory.
- Psalms 119:7I will praise you with an upright heart when I learn your righteous judgments.
- Proverbs 8:14I possess good advice and sound wisdom; I have understanding and strength.
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him — a Spirit of wisdom and understanding, a Spirit of counsel and strength, a Spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord.
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel says: I am the Lord your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who leads you in the way you should go.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are instructed to know how to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens me each morning; he awakens my ear to listen like those being instructed.
- Psalms 73:21When I became embittered and my innermost being was wounded,
- Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their conscience.
- Jeremiah 17:10I, the Lord, examine the mind, I test the heart to give to each according to his way, according to what his actions deserve.
- Revelation 2:23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am the one who examines minds and hearts, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
- Psalms 17:3You have tested my heart; you have examined me at night. You have tried me and found nothing evil; I have determined that my mouth will not sin.
- Psalms 22:2My God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, by night, yet I have no rest.
- Psalms 42:8The Lord will send his faithful love by day; his song will be with me in the night — a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 63:6When I think of you as I lie on my bed, I meditate on you during the night watches
- Psalms 77:2I sought the Lord in my day of trouble. My hands were continually lifted up all night long; I refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 119:55Lord, I remember your name in the night, and I obey your instruction.
Commentaries on Psalms 16:7
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Who hath given me counsel - Jesus, as man, received all his knowledge and wisdom from God; Luke 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…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7I will bless the Lord, who hath given the counsel - Probably the reference here is to the fact that the Lord had counseled him to choose him as his portion, or had inclined him to his service. There is nothing for which a heart rightly affected is more disposed to praise God than for the fact that by his grace it has been inclined to serve him; and the time when the heart was given away to God is recalled ever onward as the happiest period of life. My…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7-8God's guidance gives life (Psalm 16:11; see 5:8; 23:1–3; 32:8; 73:24). The psalmist relies on the Lord for strength and joy, feeling God's presence beside him (Psalm 16:11; see 73:23; 109:31; 110:1, 5; 121:5). Peter quoted Psalm 16:8–11 in his sermon on the day of Pentecost (Acts 2:25–28).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5-75-7. 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.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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