KJV King James Version
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
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Psalm 16:7
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
WEB World English Bible
I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
ASV American Standard Version
I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also in the nights my reins instruct me.
Surrounding context — Psalm 16
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 lot.
6 The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant [places]; yea, I have a goodly heritage.
7 I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
8 I have set the LORD always before me: because [he is] at my right hand, I shall not be moved.
9 Therefore my heart is glad, and my glory rejoiceth: my flesh also shall rest in hope.
10 For thou wilt not leave my soul in hell; neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.
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Psalm 63:6When I remember thee upon my bed, [and] meditate on thee in the [night] watches.Isaiah 50:4The 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.Psalm 17:3Thou 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.Psalm 73:24Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me [to] glory.Psalm 77:6I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search.Psalm 42:8[Yet] the LORD will command his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song [shall be] with me, [and] my prayer unto the God of my life.Isaiah 26:9With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee early: for when thy judgments [are] in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness.Psalm 119:55I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.Luke 6:12And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.Isaiah 48:17Thus saith the LORD, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel; I [am] the LORD thy God which teacheth thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way [that] thou shouldest go.Jeremiah 17:10I the LORD search the heart, [I] try the reins, even to give every man according to his ways, [and] according to the fruit of his doings.Proverbs 8:14Counsel [is] mine, and sound wisdom: I [am] understanding; I have strength.Psalm 119:7I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.Psalm 119:148Mine eyes prevent the [night] watches, that I might meditate in thy word.Psalm 77:2In the day of my trouble I sought the Lord: my sore ran in the night, and ceased not: my soul refused to be comforted.Revelation 2:23And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he which searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto every one of you according to your works.Isaiah 11:2-4And the spirit of the LORD shall rest upon him, the spirit of wisdom and understanding, the spirit of counsel and might, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the LORD;Psalm 22:2O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
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