the Week of Proper 12 / Ordinary 17
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Psalms 16:7
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I will bless the Lord who counsels me—even at night when my thoughts trouble me.
I will bless the LORD, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
I will bless the Lord , who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
I praise the Lord because he advises me. Even at night, I feel his leading.
I will praise the Lord who guides me; yes, during the night I reflect and learn.
I will bless the LORD who has counseled me; Indeed, my heart (mind) instructs me in the night.
I will bless the LORD who has advised me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
I wil prayse the Lorde, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also teach me in the nightes.
I will bless Yahweh who has counseled me;Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
I praise you, Lord , for being my guide. Even in the darkest night, your teachings fill my mind.
I bless Adonai , my counselor; at night my inmost being instructs me.
I will bless Jehovah, who giveth me counsel; even in the nights my reins instruct me.
I praise the Lord because he taught me well. Even at night he put his instructions deep inside my mind.
I will bless the LORD, for he has given me counsel; my intuition also guides me during the night.
I praise the Lord , because he guides me, and in the night my conscience warns me.
I will bless Yahweh who advises me; yes, at night my innermost being instructs me.
I will bless Jehovah, who counseled me. My reins also teach me in the nights.
The lott is fallen vnto me in a fayre grounde, yee I haue a goodly heretage.
I will bless Jehovah, who hath given me counsel; Yea, my heart instructeth me in the night seasons.
I will give praise to the Lord who has been my guide; knowledge comes to me from my thoughts in the night.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel; yea, in the night seasons my reins instruct me.
I will blesse the Lord, who hath giuen me counsell: my reines also instruct me in the night seasons.
I wyll prayse God who gaue me counsayle: my reines also do instruct me in the nyght season.
I will bless the Lord who has instructed me; my reins too have chastened me even till night.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: yea, my reins instruct me in the night seasons.
I schal blesse the Lord, that yaf vndurstondyng to me; ferthermore and my reynes blameden me `til to nyyt.
I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel; Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night season.
I will bless the LORD who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.
I will give honor and thanks to the Lord, Who has told me what to do. Yes, even at night my mind teaches me.
I bless the Lord who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
I will bless Yahweh, who hath counselled me, - Surely, by night, shall mine impulses admonish me.
(15-7) I will bless the Lord, who hath given me understanding: moreover, my reins also have corrected me even till night.
I bless the LORD who gives me counsel; in the night also my heart instructs me.
I bless Jehovah who hath counselled me; Also [in] the nights my reins instruct me.
I will bless the Lord who has counseled me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
who hath: Psalms 73:24, Psalms 119:7, Proverbs 8:14, Isaiah 11:2-4, Isaiah 48:17, Isaiah 50:4
my reins: Psalms 73:21, Jeremiah 12:2, Jeremiah 17:10, Revelation 2:23
in the: Psalms 17:3, Psalms 22:2, Psalms 42:8, Psalms 63:6, Psalms 77:2, Psalms 77:6, Psalms 119:55, Psalms 119:148, Isaiah 26:9, Luke 6:12
Reciprocal: Revelation 3:18 - counsel
Cross-References
Abraham traveled from there south to the Negev and settled down between Kadesh and Shur. While he was camping in Gerar, Abraham said of his wife Sarah, "She's my sister." So Abimelech, king of Gerar, sent for Sarah and took her. But God came to Abimelech in a dream that night and told him, "You're as good as dead—that woman you took, she's a married woman." Now Abimelech had not yet slept with her, hadn't so much as touched her. He said, "Master, would you kill an innocent man? Didn't he tell me, ‘She's my sister'? And didn't she herself say, ‘He's my brother'? I had no idea I was doing anything wrong when I did this." God said to him in the dream, "Yes, I know your intentions were pure, that's why I kept you from sinning against me; I was the one who kept you from going to bed with her. So now give the man's wife back to him. He's a prophet and will pray for you—pray for your life. If you don't give her back, know that it's certain death both for you and everyone in your family." Abimelech was up first thing in the morning. He called all his house servants together and told them the whole story. They were shocked. Then Abimelech called in Abraham and said, "What have you done to us? What have I ever done to you that you would bring on me and my kingdom this huge offense? What you've done to me ought never to have been done." Abimelech went on to Abraham, "Whatever were you thinking of when you did this thing?" Abraham said, "I just assumed that there was no fear of God in this place and that they'd kill me to get my wife. Besides, the truth is that she is my half sister; she's my father's daughter but not my mother's. When God sent me out as a wanderer from my father's home, I told her, ‘Do me a favor; wherever we go, tell people that I'm your brother.'" Then Abimelech gave Sarah back to Abraham, and along with her sent sheep and cattle and servants, both male and female. He said, "My land is open to you; live wherever you wish." And to Sarah he said, "I've given your brother a thousand pieces of silver—that clears you of even a shadow of suspicion before the eyes of the world. You're vindicated." Then Abraham prayed to God and God healed Abimelech, his wife and his maidservants, and they started having babies again. For God had shut down every womb in Abimelech's household on account of Sarah, Abraham's wife.
Meanwhile, God heard the boy crying. The angel of God called from Heaven to Hagar, "What's wrong, Hagar? Don't be afraid. God has heard the boy and knows the fix he's in. Up now; go get the boy. Hold him tight. I'm going to make of him a great nation."
Just then an angel of God called to him out of Heaven, "Abraham! Abraham!" "Yes, I'm listening."
The angel of God spoke from Heaven a second time to Abraham: "I swear— God 's sure word!—because you have gone through with this, and have not refused to give me your son, your dear, dear son, I'll bless you—oh, how I'll bless you! And I'll make sure that your children flourish—like stars in the sky! like sand on the beaches! And your descendants will defeat their enemies. All nations on Earth will find themselves blessed through your descendants because you obeyed me."
Moses led Israel from the Red Sea on to the Wilderness of Shur. They traveled for three days through the wilderness without finding any water. They got to Marah, but they couldn't drink the water at Marah; it was bitter. That's why they called the place Marah (Bitter). And the people complained to Moses, "So what are we supposed to drink?"
Then Saul went after Amalek, from the canyon all the way to Shur near the Egyptian border. He captured Agag, king of Amalek, alive. Everyone else was killed under the terms of the holy ban. Saul and the army made an exception for Agag, and for the choice sheep and cattle. They didn't include them under the terms of the holy ban. But all the rest, which nobody wanted anyway, they destroyed as decreed by the holy ban.
God doesn't miss a thing— he's alert to good and evil alike.
Gill's Notes on the Bible
I will bless the Lord,.... As prayer, so thanksgiving belongs to Christ, as man and Mediator; see Matthew 11:25; and here he determines to praise the Lord, and give thanks to him for counsel and instruction:
who hath given me counsel; for though he himself is the Counsellor, with respect to his people, yet as man he received counsel from God, and the spirit of counsel rested on him, Isaiah 11:2; and fitted him for and directed him in the execution of his prophetic office; for the doctrine he taught was not his own, but his Father's; and he said nothing of himself but what his Father taught him, and instructed him to speak, John 6:16. And he also gave him counsel about the execution of his priestly office, or about his sufferings and death, and drinking of the cup, which he, with submission to the divine will, desired might pass from him; but having advice in this matter, most cheerfully and courageously yielded to take it, see
Matthew 26:39;
my reins also instruct me in the night seasons; when engaged in prayer to God, in which he sometimes continued a whole night together, Luke 6:12; and especially in that dark and dismal night in which he was betrayed, when it was the hour and power of darkness with his enemies; then, his inward parts being influenced by the spirit of wisdom and counsel, directed him how to behave and conduct himself. Or "the reins" being the seat of the affections, and being put for them, may signify, that his strong affection for God, and love to his people, put him upon and moved him to take the steps he did, to deliver up himself into the hands of sinful men, in order to suffer and die for his friends, and obtain eternal salvation for them.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
I will bless the Lord, who hath given the counsel - Probably the reference here is to the fact that the Lord had counseled him to choose him as his portion, or had inclined him to his service. There is nothing for which a heart rightly affected is more disposed to praise God than for the fact that by his grace it has been inclined to serve him; and the time when the heart was given away to God is recalled ever onward as the happiest period of life.
My reins ... - See the notes at Psalms 7:9. The âreinsâ are here put for the mind, the soul. They were regarded as the seat of the affections, Jeremiah 11:20; Job 19:27. The meaning here is, that in the wakeful hours of night, when meditating on the divine character and goodness, he found instruction in regard to God. Compare Psalms 17:3. Everything then is favorable for reflection. The natural calmness and composure of the mind; the stillness of night; the starry heavens; the consciousness that we are alone with God, and that no human eye is upon us - all these things are favorable to profound religious meditation. They who are kept wakeful by night âneedâ not find this an unprofitable portion of their lives. Some of the most instructive hours of life are those which are spent when the eyes refuse to close themselves in slumber, and when the universal stillness invites to contemplation on divine things.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 16:7. Who hath given me counsel — Jesus, as man, received all his knowledge and wisdom from God; Luke 2:40-52. And in him were hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge.
My reins also instruct me — ×××××ª× kilyothai, reins or kidneys, which from their retired situation in the body, says Parkhurst, and being hidden in fat, are often used in Scripture for the most secret workings and affections of the heart.
The kidneys and their fat were always to be burnt in sacrifice, to indicate that the most secret purposes and affections of the soul are to be devoted to God.
In the night seasons. — That is, in the time of my passion, my secret purposes and determinations concerning the redemption of man support me. "For the joy that was set before him he endured the cross, despising the shame;" Hebrews 12:2.
