Psalms 16:7

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

אֲבָרֵ֗ךְ אֶת־יְ֭הוָה אֲשֶׁ֣ר יְעָצָ֑נִי אַף־לֵ֝יל֗וֹת יִסְּר֥וּנִי כִלְיוֹתָֽי׃

Transliteration

ʾăḇārēḵ ʾet-YHWH who yəʿāṣānî indeed-lêlôt yissərûnî kilyôtāy

Grammar Details

*ʾăḇārēḵ*: imperfect verb, 1st person singular - I will bless
*ʾet*-*YHWH*: direct object marker + divine name - the LORD
*yəʿāṣānî*: perfect verb with 1st person suffix - has counseled me
*lêlôt*: noun, masculine plural - nights
*yissərûnî*: imperfect verb with 1st person suffix - instruct/discipline me
*kilyôtāy*: noun, feminine plural with 1st person suffix - my kidneys/innermost being

Word Meanings

*ʾăḇārēḵ*: I will bless/I will praise
*YHWH*: LORD/Yahweh/Jehovah (divine name)
*yəʿāṣānî*: has counseled me/has advised me/has guided me
*lêlôt*: nights/evenings
*yissərûnî*: instruct me/discipline me/teach me
*kilyôtāy*: my kidneys/my innermost being/my mind (seat of emotions)

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:8 : 8 [ Yet] Jehovah will command his lovingkindness in the day-time; And in the night his song shall be with me, [Even] a prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 77:6 : 6 I call to remembrance my song in the night: I commune with mine own heart; And my spirit maketh diligent search.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou wilt guide me with thy counsel, And afterward receive me to glory.
Ps 17:3 : 3 Thou hast proved my heart; Thou hast visited me in the night; Thou hast tried me, and findest nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will kill her children with death; and all the churches shall know that I am he that searcheth the reins and hearts: and I will give unto each one of you according to your works.
Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus saith Jehovah, thy Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: I am Jehovah thy God, who teacheth thee to profit, who leadeth thee by the way that thou shouldest go.
Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord Jehovah hath given me the tongue of them that are taught, that I may know how to sustain with words him that is weary: he wakeneth morning by morning, he wakeneth mine ear to hear as they that are taught.
Luke 6:12 : 12 And it came to pass in these days, that he went out into the mountain to pray; and he continued all night in prayer to God.
Ps 77:2 : 2 In 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.
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou answerest not; And in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 63:6 : 6 When I remember thee upon my bed, [And] meditate on thee in the night-watches.
Ps 73:21 : 21 For my soul was grieved, And I was pricked in my heart:
Ps 119:7 : 7 I will give thanks unto thee with uprightness of heart, When I learn thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:55 : 55 I have remembered thy name, O Jehovah, in the night, And have observed thy law.
Ps 119:148 : 148 Mine eyes anticipated the night-watches, That I might meditate on thy word.
Prov 8:14 : 14 Counsel is mine, and sound knowledge: I am understanding; I have might.
Isa 11:2-4 : 2 And the Spirit of Jehovah 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 Jehovah. 3 And his delight shall be in the fear of Jehovah; and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither decide after the hearing of his ears; 4 but with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and decide with equity for the meek of the earth; and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth; and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Isa 26:9 : 9 With my soul have I desired thee in the night; yea, with my spirit within me will I seek thee earnestly: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
Jer 12:2 : 2 Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root; they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their heart.
Jer 17:10 : 10 I, Jehovah, search the mind, I try the heart, even to give every man according to his ways, according to the fruit of his doings.

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