Psalms 16:7 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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⁷I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Psalms 16:7 —

Old words in this verse

reins: — the inner self, deepest thoughts.

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Original word meaning

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 73:24
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
Isaiah 50:4
The Lord GOD hath given me the tongue of the learned, that I should know how to speak a word in season to him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as the learned.
Psalms 63:6
When I remember thee upon my bed, and meditate on thee in the night watches.
Psalms 77:6
I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.
Psalms 17:3
Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

This psalm is entitled Michtam, which some translate a golden psalm, a very precious one, more to be valued by us than gold, yea, than much fine gold, because it speaks so plainly of Christ and his resurrection, who is the true treasure hidden in the field of the Old Testament. I. David here flies to God’s protection with a cheerful believing confidence in it (Ps. 16:1): “ Preserve me, O God! from…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 7)

5-7. God is the chief good, and supplies all need (De 10:9). portion of mine inheritance and of my cup--may contain an allusion to the daily supply of food, and also to the inheritance of Levi (De 18:1, 2). maintainest--or, drawest out my lot--enlargest it. Psa 16:7 carries out this idea more fully.