I will bless the LORD who counsels me; even at night my conscience instructs me.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will bless Yahweh, who has given me counsel. Yes, my heart instructs me in the night seasons.
- KJV I will bless the LORD, who hath given me counsel: my reins also instruct me in the night seasons.
- NKJV I will bless the Lord who has given me counsel; My heart also instructs me in the night seasons.
- NASB ¶I will bless the Lord who has advised me; Indeed, my mind instructs me in the night.
- NLT I will bless the Lord who guides me; even at night my heart instructs me.
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Quick answer
David blesses the Lord who counsels him, even instructing his heart in the night. It matters because God guides his people inwardly and continually.
Overview
David praises Yahweh for giving him counsel and for the inner instruction that comes even in the night seasons. God's guidance reaches the heart and works in quiet reflection. This points to the Spirit's ongoing work of leading and teaching God's people, fulfilled in the new covenant.
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Cross-references · 20
- Isa 50:4The Lord GOD has given Me the tongue of discipleship, to sustain the weary with a word. He awakens Me morning by morning; He awakens My ear to listen as a disciple.
- Ps 63:6When I remember You on my bed, I think of You through the watches of the night.
- Ps 17:3You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
- Ps 77:6At night I remembered my song; in my heart I mused, and my spirit pondered:
- Ps 73:24You guide me with Your counsel, and later receive me in glory.
- Ps 42:8The LORD decrees His loving devotion by day, and at night His song is with me as a prayer to the God of my life.
- Ps 119:55In the night, O LORD, I remember Your name, that I may keep Your law.
- Isa 26:9My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
- Luke 6:12In those days Jesus went out to the mountain to pray, and He spent the night in prayer to God.
- Isa 48:17Thus says the LORD your Redeemer, the Holy One of Israel: “I am the LORD your God, who teaches you for your benefit, who directs you in the way you should go.
- Jer 17:10I, the LORD, search the heart; I examine the mind to reward a man according to his way, by what his deeds deserve.
- Prov 8:14Counsel and sound judgment are mine; I have insight and strength.
- Ps 119:148My eyes anticipate the watches of night, that I may meditate on Your word.
- Ps 77:2In the day of trouble I sought the Lord; through the night my outstretched hands did not grow weary; my soul refused to be comforted.
- Ps 119:7I will praise You with an upright heart when I learn Your righteous judgments.
- Rev 2:23Then I will strike her children dead, and all the churches will know that I am the One who searches minds and hearts, and I will repay each of you according to your deeds.
- Isa 11:2–4The Spirit of the LORD will rest on Him—the Spirit of wisdom and understanding, the Spirit of counsel and strength, the Spirit of knowledge and fear of the LORD.
- Ps 22:2I cry out by day, O my God, but You do not answer, and by night, but I have no rest.
- Jer 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
- Ps 73:21When my heart was grieved and I was pierced within,
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