Psalms 66:12
thou hast set men over our heads. We have passed through tire and water, and thou hast brought us out into a refreshment.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
11Thou hast brought us into a net, thou hast laid afflictions on our back:
13I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Cross References
Job 5:19In six troubles he shall deliver thee, and in the seventh, evil shall not touch thee.
Psalms 33:19To deliver their souls from death; and feed them in famine.
Psalms 107:35He hath turned a wilderness into pools of water, and a dry land into water springs.
Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall be free: for waters are broken out in the desert, and streams in the wilderness.
Isaiah 43:2When thou shalt pass through the waters, I will be with thee, and the rivers shall not cover thee: when thou shalt walk in the fire, thou shalt not be burnt, and the flames shall not burn in thee:
Daniel 3:26Then Nabuchodonosor came to the door of the burning fiery furnace, and said: Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago, ye servants of the most high God, go ye forth, and come. And immediately Sidrach, Misach, and Abdenago went out from the midst 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 →