Psalms 16:1-2, 7-8
Keep me safe, my God, for in you I take refuge. I say to the LORD, “You are my Lord; apart from you I have no good thing.” I will praise the LORD, who counsels me; even at night my heart instructs me. I keep my eyes always on the LORD. With him at my right hand, I will not be shaken.
H4000 כִּלְיָה kilyâ, kidney; by extension: inmost being: heart, mind, spirit, the seat of thought and emotion of the inner person; kernel (of wheat):
You know how when you eat watermelon., try as you may, you will always swallow at least one seed. David wanted a relationship like that with God. He wanted it to be impossible to be separated from Him. The word here used for heart is also the word for kidney. In essence, it represents his innermost being and deepest thoughts. David is saying, he wants to be so close to God, that even when he is asleep, his mind, heart, and soul is concentrating on God. He completely relies and God for everything. There is nothing and no one that will stop it. Good news! God feels the same way about us!
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