Psalms 66:12
Thou caused men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water. But thou brought us out into a wealthy place.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
11Thou brought us into the net. Thou laid a great burden upon our loins.
13I will come into thy house with burnt-offerings. I will pay thee my vows,
Cross References
Job 5:19He will deliver thee in six troubles. Yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 33:19to deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 107:35He turns a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into water springs.
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame man shall leap as a hart, and the tongue of the mute shall sing. For waters in the wilderness shall break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 43:2When thou pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee. When thou walk through the fire, thou shall not be burned, nor shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace. He spoke and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego came for
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 →