Psalm 16:7

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Summary

Psalm 16:7

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

Who hath

My reins

In the

Bible References

Who hath

You will guide me with your counsel, and afterward you give me honor (glory).

I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, when I learn your righteous judgments.

Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I understand and I am very strong.

The Spirit of Jehovah will rest on him. The spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and strength, the spirit of knowledge and respect for Jehovah will be his.

This is what Jehovah your Defender (Redeemer), the Holy One of Israel, says: I am Jehovah your God. I teach you what is best for you. I lead you where you should go.

The Lord Jehovah will teach me what to say, so I will know how to encourage tired people. Morning after morning he will wake me to listen like a student.

My reins

My heart was grieved and I was pierced within.

You plant them, and they take root. They grow and bear fruit. You are near their lips, but far from their mind.

I, Jehovah, search the heart and examine the mind (inner man). I give to each man according to his ways, according to the results of his deeds.

I will kill her children with deadly plague. Then all the congregations will know that I am the one who searches hearts and minds. I will reward each of you for what you have done.

In the

You have probed my heart. You have confronted me at night. You have tested me like silver, but you found nothing wrong. I have decided that my mouth will not sin.

My God, I cry out by day, but you do not answer. I cry by night, but I find no rest.

Jehovah commands his mercy during the day, and at night his song is with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

As I lie on my bed, I remember you. Through the long hours of the night, I think about you.

In the day of my trouble I sought Jehovah. My hand was stretched out in the night, and did not get tired. I refused to be comforted.

O Jehovah, I remember your name in the night, and keep your law.

I yearn for you in the night. In the morning I long for you with all my being. When your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.

He went to the mountain to pray and he continued all night in prayer to God.