Psalms 16:7 KJV
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
Old Words
- reins the kidneys; the inmost mind and heart
What these words meant when the King James Bible was translated.
Matthew Henry
- Psalms 16:1–11This psalm begins with expressions of devotion, which may be applied to Christ; but ends with such confidence of a resurrection, as must be applied to...
Thompson Chains
- Glorifying GodSee the chain from 1 Chronicles 29:11 · 6 links
- Wise CounselStarts here · next Psalms 73:24 · 5 links
- Meditation (2)See the chain from Genesis 24:63 · 9 links
Cross References
- 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.
- Psalms 73:24 Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
- 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 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Revelation 2:23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.
- Psalms 22:2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
- Psalms 63:6 When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
- Psalms 73:21 Thus my heart was grieved, and I was pricked in my reins.
- Psalms 77:2 In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.
- Psalms 119:7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
- Psalms 119:148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
- Proverbs 8:14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
- Isaiah 11:2–4 And 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 of the fear of the LORD; …
- 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.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 12:2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins.
- 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.
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Bible Dictionary
- LordThere are various Hebrew and Greek words so rendered.
Strong’s Numbers
- I will bless בָרַךְ bârak
- the LORD יְהֹוָה Yᵉhôvâh
- who hath given me counsel יָעַץ yâʻats
- my reins כִּלְיָה kilyâh
- also instruct יָסַר yâçar
- me in the night seasons לַיִל layil
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