Psalms 16:7

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct 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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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Ps 42:8 : 8 Yet the LORD will command{H8762)} his lovingkindness in the daytime, and in the night his song shall be with me, and my prayer unto the God of my life.
Ps 77:6 : 6 I call to remembrance{H8799)} my song in the night: I commune{H8799)} with mine own heart: and my spirit made diligent search{H8762)}.
Ps 73:24 : 24 Thou shalt guide{H8686)} me with thy counsel, and afterward receive{H8799)} me to glory.
Ps 17:3 : 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.
Rev 2:23 : 23 And 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.
Isa 48:17 : 17 Thus 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.
Isa 50:4 : 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.
Luke 6:12 : 12 And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
Ps 77:2 : 2 In the day of my trouble I sought{H8804)} the Lord: my sore ran{H8738)} in the night, and ceased{H8799)} not: my soul refused{H8765)} to be comforted{H8736)}.
Ps 22:2 : 2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but thou hearest not; and in the night season, and am not silent.
Ps 63:6 : 6 When I remember{H8804)} thee upon my bed, and meditate{H8799)} on thee in the night watches.
Ps 73:21 : 21 Thus my heart was grieved{H8691)}, and I was pricked{H8709)} in my reins.
Ps 119:7 : 7 I will praise thee with uprightness of heart, when I shall have learned thy righteous judgments.
Ps 119:55 : 55 I have remembered thy name, O LORD, in the night, and have kept thy law.
Ps 119:148 : 148 Mine eyes prevent the night watches, that I might meditate in thy word.
Prov 8:14 : 14 Counsel is mine, and sound wisdom: I am understanding; I have strength.
Isa 11:2-4 : 2 And 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; 3 And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears: 4 But with righteousness shall he judge the poor, and reprove 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 early: for when thy judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will 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 reins.
Jer 17:10 : 10 I 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.

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