Psalms 16:7

7. Counsel God had made him wise and skilful in divine wisdom.

Reins the word כליות , ( kelayoth,) which occurs only in the plural, is always, in the common version, translated either kidneys or reins, the former the literal, the latter the figurative or physical sense, in which it denotes the tenderest inward sensibility. It is often associated with לב , ( lebh,) heart, (Psalms 26:2; Jeremiah 11:20,) as denoting the innermost feeling, never with בשׂן , ( beten,) or רחמים , ( belly, or bowels,) or with קרב , ( kereb,) inner part, all psychical terms. See on Psalms 5:9. To be instructed by the reins, is to be admonished and corrected by the feelings, awakened by meditation, whether of a painful or pleasurable nature. The word יסר , ( yahsar,) instruct, chasten, has commonly the idea of painful discipline, but here of joyful incentive to make Jehovah his portion.