Psalms 16:7

Bible in Basic English (1941)

I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.

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  • Ps 42:8 : 8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.
  • Ps 77:6 : 6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.
  • Ps 73:24 : 24 Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.
  • Ps 17:3 : 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.
  • Rev 2:23 : 23 And I will put her children to death; and all the churches will see that I am he who makes search into the secret thoughts and hearts of men: and I will give to every one of you the reward of your works.
  • Isa 48:17 : 17 The Lord who takes up your cause, the Holy One of Israel, says, I am the Lord your God, who is teaching you for your profit, guiding you by the way in which you are to go.
  • Isa 50:4 : 4 The Lord God has given me the tongue of those who are experienced, so that I may be able to give the word a special sense for the feeble: every morning my ear is open to his teaching, like those who are experienced:
  • Luke 6:12 : 12 And it came about in those days that he went out to the mountain for prayer; and he was all night in prayer to God.
  • Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.
  • Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I make my cry in the day, and you give no answer; and in the night, and have no rest.
  • Ps 63:6 : 6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.
  • Ps 73:21 : 21 My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:
  • Ps 119:7 : 7 I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.
  • Ps 119:55 : 55 I have given thought to your name in the night, O Lord, and have kept your law.
  • Ps 119:148 : 148 In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.
  • Prov 8:14 : 14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.
  • Isa 11:2-4 : 2 And the spirit of the Lord will be resting on him, the spirit of wisdom and good sense, the spirit of wise guiding and strength, the spirit of knowledge and of the fear of the Lord; 3 And he will not be guided in his judging by what he sees, or give decisions by the hearing of his ears: 4 But he will do right in the cause of the poor, and give wise decisions for those in the land who are in need; and the rod of his mouth will come down on the cruel, and with the breath of his lips he will put an end to the evil-doer.
  • Isa 26:9 : 9 In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.
  • Jer 12:2 : 2 They have been planted by you, they have taken root; they go on and give fruit: you are near in their mouths but far from their thoughts.
  • Jer 17:10 : 10 I the Lord am the searcher of the heart, the tester of the thoughts, so that I may give to every man the reward of his ways, in keeping with the fruit of his doings.

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  • Ps 16:5-6
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    5 The Lord is my heritage and the wine of my cup; you are the supporter of my right.

    6 Fair are the places marked out for me; I have a noble heritage.

  • 6 The memory of my song comes back to me in the night; my thoughts are moving in my heart; my spirit is searching with care.

  • 8 I have put the Lord before me at all times; because he is at my right hand, I will not be moved.

  • 16 And my thoughts in me will be full of joy when your lips say right things.

  • 3 You have put my heart to the test, searching me in the night; you have put me to the test and seen no evil purpose in me; I will keep my mouth from sin.

  • 6 When the memory of you comes to me on my bed, and when I give thought to you in the night-time.

  • 24 Your wisdom will be my guide, and later you will put me in a place of honour.

  • 8 But the Lord will send his mercy in the daytime, and in the night his song will be with me, a prayer to the God of my life.

  • 2 In the day of my trouble, my heart was turned to the Lord: my hand was stretched out in the night without resting; my soul would not be comforted.

  • 1 <Of David. When he made a change in his behaviour before Abimelech, who sent him away, and he went.> I will be blessing the Lord at all times; his praise will be ever in my mouth.

  • 62 In the middle of the night I will get up to give you praise, because of all your right decisions.

  • 7 I will be glad and have delight in your mercy; because you have seen my trouble; you have had pity on my soul in its sorrows;

  • 8 I will give you knowledge, teaching you the way to go; my eye will be your guide.

  • 17 The flesh is gone from my bones, and they give me no rest; there is no end to my pains.

  • Ps 28:6-7
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    6 May the Lord be praised, because he has given ear to the voice of my prayer.

    7 The Lord is my strength and my breastplate, my heart had faith in him and I am helped; for this cause my heart is full of rapture, and I will give him praise in my song.

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    5 I took my rest in sleep, and then again I was awake; for the Lord was my support.

  • 11 If I say, Only let me be covered by the dark, and the light about me be night;

  • 8 Let the story of your mercy come to me in the morning, for my hope is in you: give me knowledge of the way in which I am to go; for my soul is lifted up to you.

  • 1 <Michtam. Of David.> Keep me safe, O God: for in you I have put my faith.

  • 7 I will give you praise with an upright heart in learning your right decisions.

  • 34 Let my thoughts be sweet to him: I will be glad in the Lord.

  • 13 When I say, In my bed I will have comfort, there I will get rest from my disease;

  • 17 O God, you have been my teacher from the time when I was young; and I have been talking of your works of wonder even till now.

  • 21 My heart was made bitter, and I was pained by the bite of grief:

  • 19 Among all my troubled thoughts, your comforts are the delight of my soul.

  • 7 Come back to your rest, O my soul; for the Lord has given you your reward.

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    2 But whose delight is in the law of the Lord, and whose mind is on his law day and night.

  • 12 Praise be to you, O Lord: give me knowledge of your rules.

  • 24 Your unchanging word is my delight, and the guide of my footsteps.

  • 14 Wise design and good sense are mine; reason and strength are mine.

  • 2 To make clear your mercy in the morning, and your unchanging faith every night;

  • Ps 139:13-14
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    13 My flesh was made by you, and my parts joined together in my mother's body.

    14 I will give you praise, for I am strangely and delicately formed; your works are great wonders, and of this my soul is fully conscious.

  • 9 In the night the desire of my soul has been for you; early will my spirit be searching for you; for when your punishments come on the earth, the people of the world will get the knowledge of righteousness.

  • 6 I will make a song to the Lord, because he has given me my reward.

  • 148 In the night watches I am awake, so that I may give thought to your saying.

  • 13 In troubled thoughts from visions of the night, when deep sleep comes on men,

  • 15 I will give thought to your orders, and have respect for your ways.

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  • 164 Seven times a day do I give you praise, because of your upright decisions.

  • 34 Give me wisdom, so that I may keep your law; going after it with all my heart.

  • 16 But I will make songs of your power; yes, I will give cries of joy for your mercy in the morning; because you have been my strength and my high tower in the day of my trouble.

  • 11 You will make clear to me the way of life; where you are joy is complete; in your right hand there are pleasures for ever and ever.

  • 21 May the Lord be praised, because he has made clear to me the wonder of his grace in a strong town.

  • 18 The hand of Jah has been hard on me; but he has not given me up to death.

  • 66 Give me knowledge and good sense; for I have put my faith in your teachings.

  • 2 Put me in the scales, O Lord, so that I may be tested; let the fire make clean my thoughts and my heart.

  • 16 As for me, I have not said; Let the day of trouble come to them quickly; and I have not been hoping for the death-giving day; you have knowledge of what came from my lips; it was open before you.