Psalms 16:7

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Albert 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 h...
Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

XVI. God, the Supreme Good. Psalms 16:1-3 . The Psalmist's devotion to God and His saints. Psalms 16:2 b , Psalms 16:3 . The text is cor...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

reins. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Subject), App-6, for thoughts. instruct . will instruct.
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Last of all, David confesses that it was entirely owing to the pure grace of God that he had come to possess so great a good, and that he had b...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. Who hath given me counsel - Jesus, as man, received...
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

My reins also instruct me— By reins is meant the secret thoughts and inward reflections of the mind; in the same manner as the heart is oft...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. I will bless the Lord, who hath given me co...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The Ps. is the confident and joyous prayer of one whose highest satisfaction is in God and in good men ( Psalms 16:2-3 ), who renounces all the ways...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

My reins ] or as we should say, 'my heart': see Psalms 7:9 . God's inward voice heard in hours of quietness, is one of the chief blessings of His p...
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Given me counsel... — i.e. , led me to a right and happy choice of the way of life. My reins — i.e. , my heart. Instruct me. — Better, war...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 16:1-11 THE progress of thought in this psalm is striking. The singer is first a bold confessor in the face of idolatry and apostasy ( Psal...
Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Citizen of Zion and His Inheritance Psalms 15:1-5 ; Psalms 16:1-11 The first of these psalms was probably composed to celebrate the bringi...
G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This is a song of satisfaction. The singer is not one who is unfamiliar with peril. The opening sentence is a sigh, revealing the consciousness of pe...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are very blessed things spoken of, both as they relate to Christ, and to his people in him. Jesus in his human nature, uniformly made Jehovah h...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. Ver. 7. I will bless the Lord who hath given m...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I will bless the Lord who hath given me counsel The Hebrew, יעצני, jegnatzani , may be rendered, hath consulted for me , that is, by his wise an...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Believing Confidence; Consecration to God. Michtam of David. 1 Pre...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Who hath given me counsel, Heb. consulted for me , i.e. by his wise and gracious counsel hath provided so good an heritage for me, and withal insp...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Has Given Him Counsel (7). ‘I will bless YHWH, who has given me counsel, Yes, my reins instruct me in the night seasons.' And with the joy...
Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION “The first clause contains in germ the thought of the entire psalm, namely, that the pious man has always protection with God against a...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 16:1 . Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Ah, brethren! When we think of our daily dangers, and when we remember the sinfu...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 16:1 . Preserve me, O God: for in thee do I put my trust. Notice how the psalmist urges the prevailing plea of faith. A trusted God will b...
Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

REFLECTIONS. This is called by the Jews the Michtam or golden psalm, which David composed during his exile, or while he reigned in Hebron. It opens...
The Biblical Illustrator

Preserve me, O God: for in Thee do I put my trust. Faith in the presence of God This term suggests that the Psalm is one of strongly marked, in...
The Biblical Illustrator

My reins also instruct me in the night seasons. Man taking counsel of his reins The ancients regarded the reins, or kidneys, located in a retir...
The Biblical Illustrator

I will bless the Lord who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons. The night counsels of the Lord Under whatever...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION THE sixteenth psalm is so far connected with the fifteenth that it is exclusively concerned, like the fifteenth, with the truly rig...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Prophecy of Christ's Suffering and Resurrection. According to Peter, Acts 2:25-31 , and Paul, Acts 13:35 , this psalm relates to Christ, express...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

I will bless the Lord, who hath given Me counsel, praising Jehovah for the counsel and assistance afforded Him in every emergency of His life; My re...
Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The Lord — Hath inspired that wisdom into me, by which I have chosen the Lord for my portion, and am so fully satisfied with him. Reins — My inward...

⁷ I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 16:7

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 16:7