Psalm 16:7 “I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience ins…”

Psalm 16:7

I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

World English Bible

I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.

American Standard Version

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.

Geneva Bible 1599

I wil prayse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.

Darby Translation

I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.

Young's Literal Translation

I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.

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.

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Cross references

“who hath”

Isaiah 50:4 Psalm 73:24 Isaiah 48:17 Proverbs 8:14 Psalm 119:7 Isaiah 11:2–4

Isaiah 50:4 · BSB

The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.

Psalm 73:24 · BSB

You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.

Isaiah 48:17 · BSB

Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.

Proverbs 8:14 · BSB

Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.

Psalm 119:7 · BSB

I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.

Isaiah 11:2–4 · BSB

The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him— the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.

“my reins”

Jeremiah 17:10 Revelation 2:23 Psalm 73:21 Jeremiah 12:2

Jeremiah 17:10 · BSB

I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.

Revelation 2:23 · BSB

Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.

Psalm 73:21 · BSB

When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,

Jeremiah 12:2 · BSB

You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

“in the”

Psalm 17:3 Psalm 63:6 Psalm 77:6 Psalm 42:8 Psalm 119:55 Isaiah 26:9

Psalm 17:3 · BSB

You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.

Psalm 63:6 · BSB

When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.

Psalm 77:6 · BSB

At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:

Psalm 42:8 · BSB

The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.

Psalm 119:55 · BSB

In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.

Isaiah 26:9 · BSB

My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

6The lines of my boundary have fallen in pleasant places; surely my inheritance is delightful.

8I have set the LORD always before me. Because He is at my right hand, I will not be shaken.

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