Psalms 16:7

given me counsel Taught me to choose Him and to follow Him. Cp. Psalms 32:8 (R.V.); Psalms 73:24.

my reins also&c. This clause may be taken as still depending on I will bless the Lord, and rendered, yea, that in the night seasons my reins have instructed me. In the quiet hours of the night God admonishes and instructs him through the voice of conscience. Cp. Psalms 4:4; Psalms 17:3. The reinsstand for the organs of emotion, the feelings and conscience. -Heart and reins" denote the whole innermost self, thought and will (Psalms 7:9).