Reference: Reins
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Or KIDNEYS. The Hebrews often make the reins the seat of the affections, and ascribe to them knowledge, joy, pain, pleasure; hence in Scripture it is said that God searches the heart and tries the reins.
Easton
the kidneys, the supposed seat of the desires and affections; used metaphorically for "heart." The "reins" and the "heart" are often mentioned together, as denoting the whole moral constitution of man (Ps 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Jer 17:10, etc.).
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.
For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
Fausets
kelayot. The "kidneys"; the supposed seat of the desires and affections (Ps 7:9; 26:2; Jer 11:20; 17:10; Job 19:27). For "the loins" (halatsaim), Isa 11:5.
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Whom I myself shall behold, And whom my eyes will see and not another. My heart faints within me!
O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I committed my cause.
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
Hastings
Morish
The kidneys, used symbolically for the inward thoughts and feelings. Ps 7:9; 16:7; 26:2; 139:13; Pr 23:16; Jer 12:2; 17:10; 20:12; La 3:13; Re 2:23. The word translated 'reins' in Isa 11:5 is elsewhere translated 'loins.'
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.
For You formed my inward parts; You wove me in my mother's womb.
Also righteousness will be the belt about His loins, And faithfulness the belt about His waist.
You have planted them, they have also taken root; They grow, they have even produced fruit You are near to their lips But far from their mind.
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.
Yet, O LORD of hosts, You who test the righteous, Who see the mind and the heart; Let me see Your vengeance on them; For to You I have set forth my cause.
'And I will kill her children with pestilence, and all the churches will know that I am He who searches the minds and hearts; and I will give to each one of you according to your deeds.
Smith
(i.e. kidneys). In the ancient system of physiology the kidneys were believed to be the seat of desire and longing, which accounts for their often being coupled with the heart.
Ps 7:9; 26:2; Jer 11:20; 17:10
, etc.
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O let the evil of the wicked come to an end, but establish the righteous; For the righteous God tries the hearts and minds.
Examine me, O LORD, and try me; Test my mind and my heart.
But, O LORD of hosts, who judges righteously, Who tries the feelings and the heart, Let me see Your vengeance on them, For to You have I committed my cause.
"I, the LORD, search the heart, I test the mind, Even to give to each man according to his ways, According to the results of his deeds.