English Standard Version
Psalms 16:7
7I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs 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.
- New King James Version (NKJV)I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.
Context of Psalms 16:7
5The Lord is my chosen portion and my cup; you hold my lot. 6The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; indeed, I have a beautiful inheritance. I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me. 8I have set the Lord always before me; because he is at my right hand, I shall not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad, and my whole being rejoices; my flesh also dwells secure.
Read all of Psalms 16Psalms 16:7 word by word
אֲבָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצָ֑נִי אַף־לֵ֝יל֗וֹת יִסְּר֥וּנִי כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 16:7
- Psalms 73:24You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory.
- Psalms 119:7I will praise you with an upright heart, when I learn your righteous rules.
- Proverbs 8:14I have counsel and sound wisdom; I have insight; I have strength.
- Isaiah 11:2And the Spirit of the Lord shall rest upon him, the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and might, the Spirit of knowledge and the fear of the Lord.
- Isaiah 48:17Thus says the Lord, your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: "I am the Lord your God, who teaches you to profit, who leads you in the way you should go.
- Isaiah 50:4The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are taught, that I may know how to sustain with a word him who is weary. Morning by morning he awakens; he awakens my ear to hear as those who are taught.
- Psalms 73:21When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart,
- Jeremiah 12:2You plant them, and they take root; they grow and produce fruit; you are near in their mouth and far from their heart.
- Jeremiah 17:10"I the Lord search the heart and test the mind, to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his deeds."
- Revelation 2:23and I will strike her children dead. And all the churches will know that I am he who searches mind and heart, and I will give to each of you according to your works.
- Psalms 17:3You have tried my heart, you have visited me by night, you have tested me, and you will find nothing; I have purposed that my mouth will not transgress.
- Psalms 22:2O my God, I cry by day, but you do not answer, and by night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord commands his steadfast love, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 63:6when I remember you upon my bed, and meditate on you in the watches of the night;
- Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble I seek the Lord; in the night my hand is stretched out without wearying; my soul refuses to be comforted.
- Psalms 119:55I remember your name in the night, O Lord, and keep your law.
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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