Psalms 66:10
For thou, O God, have proved us. Thou have tried us as silver is tried.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
In Context
9who holds our soul in life, and does not allow our feet to be moved.
11Thou brought us into the net. Thou laid a great burden upon our loins.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers did not know, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I shall come forth as gold.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but LORD tries the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined thee, but not as silver. I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:3And he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver. And he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver. And they shall offer to LORD offerings in righteousness.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 66:9-13
The Saints Exhorted to Praise God. 8 O bless our God, ye people, and make the voice of his praise to be heard: 9 Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved. 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried. 11 Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins. 12 Thou hast caused men to ride over our heads; we went through fire and through water: but thou broughtest us out into a wealthy place. In these verses the psalmist calls upon God's… Read the whole commentary →