Psalms 16:7
I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
In Context
6The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
8I have set Jehovah continually before me; because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
Cross References
Psalms 17:3Thou hast proved my heart, thou hast visited me by night; thou hast tried me, thou hast found nothing: my thought goeth not beyond my word.
Psalms 42:8In the day-time will Jehovah command his loving-kindness, and in the night his song shall be with me, a prayer unto the God of my life.
Psalms 73:21When my heart was in a ferment, and I was pricked in my reins,
Psalms 77:2In the day of my trouble, I sought the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night, and slacked not; my soul refused to be comforted.
Psalms 119:7I will give thee thanks with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Psalms 119:148Mine eyes anticipate the night-watches, that I may meditate in thy word.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 16:2-8
Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. 1 Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. 2 O my soul, thou hast said unto the Lord , Thou art my Lord: my goodness extendeth not to thee; 3 But to the saints that are in the earth, and to the excellent, in whom is all my delight. 4 Their sorrows shall be multiplied that hasten after another god: their drink offerings of blood will I not offer, nor take up their names into my lips. 5 The Lord is the portion of mine inheritance and of my cup: thou maintainest my… Read the whole commentary →