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Psalms 16:7
7I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night 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.
- 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.
- New Living Translation (NLT)I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.
Context of Psalms 16:7
5Lord, you alone are my portion and my cup; you make my lot secure. 6The boundary lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; surely I have a delightful inheritance. I will praise the Lord, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. 8I keep my eyes always on the Lord. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken. 9Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will rest secure,
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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 take me into glory.
- Psalms 119:7I will praise you with an upright heart as I learn your righteous laws.
- Proverbs 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight, I have power.
- Isaiah 11:2The Spirit of the Lord will rest on him— the Spirit of wisdom and of understanding, the Spirit of counsel and of might, the Spirit of the knowledge and fear of the Lord—
- Isaiah 48:17This is what the Lord says— your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the Lord your God, who teaches you what is best for you, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Isaiah 50:4The Sovereign Lord has given me a well-instructed tongue, to know the word that sustains the weary. He wakens me morning by morning, wakens my ear to listen like one being instructed.
- Psalms 73:21When my heart was grieved and my spirit embittered,
- Jeremiah 12:2You have planted them, and they have taken root; they grow and bear fruit. You are always on their lips but far from their hearts.
- Jeremiah 17:10“I the Lord search the heart and examine the mind, to reward each person according to their conduct, according to what their deeds deserve.”
- Revelation 2:23I will strike her children dead. Then all the churches will know that I am he who searches hearts and minds, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- Psalms 17:3Though you probe my heart, though you examine me at night and test me, you will find that I have planned no evil; my mouth has not transgressed.
- Psalms 22:2My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer, by night, but I find no rest.
- Psalms 42:8By day the Lord directs his love, at night his song is with me— a prayer to the God of my life.
- Psalms 63:6On my bed I remember you; I think of you through the watches of the night.
- Psalms 77:2When I was in distress, I sought the Lord; at night I stretched out untiring hands, and I would not be comforted.
- Psalms 119:55In the night, Lord, I remember your name, that I may 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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