Lectionary Calendar
Wednesday, May 7th, 2025
the Third Week after Easter
Attention!
For 10¢ a day you can enjoy StudyLight.org ads
free while helping to build churches and support pastors in Uganda.
Click here to learn more!

Read the Bible

Revised Standard Version

Psalms 16:7

I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Communion;   Jesus, the Christ;   Testimony;   Wisdom;   Thompson Chain Reference - Counsel;   Divine;   God;   The Topic Concordance - Counsel;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Peace;   Praise;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Psalms, the Book of;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Counselor;   Perseverance;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Reins;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Abiathar;   David;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Conscience;   Counselor;   Kidney;   Reins;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - English Versions;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Kidneys;   Life;   Prophecy, Prophets;   Psalms;   Sin;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Reins;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Messiah;   Psalms the book of;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Night;   Reins;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Accommodation;   Kidneys;   Psalms, Book of;   Quotations, New Testament;   Reins;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Midrash Haggadah;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for May 16;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 20;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
I will bless the Lord who counsels me—even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
Hebrew Names Version
I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
King James Version
I will bless the Lord , who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
English Standard Version
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
New Century Version
I praise the Lord because he advises me. Even at night, I feel his leading.
New English Translation
I will praise the Lord who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.
Amplified Bible
I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.
New American Standard Bible
I will bless the LORD who has advised me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
World English Bible
I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
Geneva Bible (1587)
I wil prayse the Lorde, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
Legacy Standard Bible
I will bless Yahweh who has counseled me;Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
Berean Standard Bible
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
Contemporary English Version
I praise you, Lord , for being my guide. Even in the darkest night, your teachings fill my mind.
Complete Jewish Bible
I bless Adonai , my counselor; at night my inmost being instructs me.
Darby Translation
I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.
Easy-to-Read Version
I praise the Lord because he taught me well. Even at night he put his instructions deep inside my mind.
George Lamsa Translation
I will bless the LORD, for he has given me counsel; my intuition also guides me during the night.
Good News Translation
I praise the Lord , because he guides me, and in the night my conscience warns me.
Lexham English Bible
I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, at night my innermost being instructs me.
Literal Translation
I will bless Jehovah, who counseled me. My reins also teach me in the nights.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The lott is fallen vnto me in a fayre grounde, yee I haue a goodly heretage.
American Standard Version
I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
Bible in Basic English
I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.
King James Version (1611)
I will blesse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also instruct me in the night seasons.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle: my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.
English Revised Version
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: yea, my reins instruct me in the night seasons.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
I schal blesse the Lord, that yaf vndurstondyng to me; ferthermore and my reynes blameden me `til to nyyt.
Update Bible Version
I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel; Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
Webster's Bible Translation
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night season.
New King James Version
I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
New Living Translation
I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.
New Life Bible
I will give honor and thanks to the Lord, Who has told me what to do. Yes, even at night my mind teaches me.
New Revised Standard
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, - Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
Douay-Rheims Bible
(15-7) I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.
Young's Literal Translation
I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
THE MESSAGE
The wise counsel God gives when I'm awake is confirmed by my sleeping heart. Day and night I'll stick with God ; I've got a good thing going and I'm not letting go.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.

Contextual Overview

1 A Miktam of David. Preserve me, O God, for in thee I take refuge. 2 I say to the LORD, "Thou art my Lord; I have no good apart from thee." 3 As for the saints in the land, they are the noble, in whom is all my delight. 4 Those who choose another god multiply their sorrows; their libations of blood I will not pour out or take their names upon my lips. 5 The LORD is my chosen portion and my cup; thou holdest my lot. 6 The lines have fallen for me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage. 7 I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

who hath: Psalms 73:24, Psalms 119:7, Proverbs 8:14, Isaiah 11:2-4, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 50:4

my reins: Psalms 73:21, Jeremiah 12:2, Jeremiah 17:10, Revelation 2:23

in the: Psalms 17:3, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 42:8, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 77:6, Psalms 119:55, Psalms 119:148, Isaiah 26:9, Luke 6:12

Reciprocal: Revelation 3:18 - counsel

Cross-References

Genesis 20:1
From there Abraham journeyed toward the territory of the Negeb, and dwelt between Kadesh and Shur; and he sojourned in Gerar.
Genesis 21:17
And God heard the voice of the lad; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, "What troubles you, Hagar? Fear not; for God has heard the voice of the lad where he is.
Genesis 22:11
But the angel of the LORD called to him from heaven, and said, "Abraham, Abraham!" And he said, "Here am I."
Genesis 22:15
And the angel of the LORD called to Abraham a second time from heaven,
Genesis 25:18
They dwelt from Hav'ilah to Shur, which is opposite Egypt in the direction of Assyria; he settled over against all his people.
Genesis 31:11
Then the angel of God said to me in the dream, 'Jacob,' and I said, 'Here I am!'
Exodus 15:22
Then Moses led Israel onward from the Red Sea, and they went into the wilderness of Shur; they went three days in the wilderness and found no water.
1 Samuel 15:7
And Saul defeated the Amal'ekites, from Hav'ilah as far as Shur, which is east of Egypt.
Proverbs 15:3
The eyes of the LORD are in every place, keeping watch on the evil and the good.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

I will bless the Lord,.... As prayer, so thanksgiving belongs to Christ, as man and Mediator; see Matthew 11:25; and here he determines to praise the Lord, and give thanks to him for counsel and instruction:

who hath given me counsel; for though he himself is the Counsellor, with respect to his people, yet as man he received counsel from God, and the spirit of counsel rested on him, Isaiah 11:2; and fitted him for and directed him in the execution of his prophetic office; for the doctrine he taught was not his own, but his Father's; and he said nothing of himself but what his Father taught him, and instructed him to speak, John 6:16. And he also gave him counsel about the execution of his priestly office, or about his sufferings and death, and drinking of the cup, which he, with submission to the divine will, desired might pass from him; but having advice in this matter, most cheerfully and courageously yielded to take it, see

Matthew 26:39;

my reins also instruct me in the night seasons; when engaged in prayer to God, in which he sometimes continued a whole night together, Luke 6:12; and especially in that dark and dismal night in which he was betrayed, when it was the hour and power of darkness with his enemies; then, his inward parts being influenced by the spirit of wisdom and counsel, directed him how to behave and conduct himself. Or "the reins" being the seat of the affections, and being put for them, may signify, that his strong affection for God, and love to his people, put him upon and moved him to take the steps he did, to deliver up himself into the hands of sinful men, in order to suffer and die for his friends, and obtain eternal salvation for them.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

I 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 reins ... - See the notes at Psalms 7:9. The “reins” are here put for the mind, the soul. They were regarded as the seat of the affections, Jeremiah 11:20; Job 19:27. The meaning here is, that in the wakeful hours of night, when meditating on the divine character and goodness, he found instruction in regard to God. Compare Psalms 17:3. Everything then is favorable for reflection. The natural calmness and composure of the mind; the stillness of night; the starry heavens; the consciousness that we are alone with God, and that no human eye is upon us - all these things are favorable to profound religious meditation. They who are kept wakeful by night “need” not find this an unprofitable portion of their lives. Some of the most instructive hours of life are those which are spent when the eyes refuse to close themselves in slumber, and when the universal stillness invites to contemplation on divine things.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Psalms 16:7. Who 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 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;" Hebrews 12:2.


 
adsfree-icon
Ads FreeProfile