Psalms 66:12
You let men go driving over our heads; we went through fire and through water; but you took us out into a wide place.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
In Context
11You let us be put in prison; chains were put on our legs.
13I will come into your house with burned offerings, I will make payment of my debt to you,
Cross References
Job 5:19He will keep you safe from six troubles, and in seven no evil will come near you.
Psalms 33:19To keep their souls from death; and to keep them living in time of need.
Psalms 107:35He makes a waste land into a place of water, and a dry land into water-springs.
Isaiah 35:6Then will the feeble-footed be jumping like a roe, and the voice which was stopped will be loud in song: for in the waste land streams will be bursting out, and waters in the dry places.
Isaiah 43:2When you go through the waters, I will be with you; and through the rivers, they will not go over you: when you go through the fire, you will not be burned; and the flame will have no power over you.
Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near the door of the burning and flaming fire: he made answer and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, you servants of the Most High God, come out and come here. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego came out of the fire.
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 →