Psalms 66:12
You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
11You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
13I will enter Your house with burnt offerings; I will fulfill my vows to You—
Cross References
Job 5:19He will rescue you from six calamities; no harm will touch you in seven.
Psalms 33:19to deliver them from death and keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 107:35He turns a desert into pools of water and a dry land into flowing springs.
Isaiah 35:6Then the lame will leap like a deer and the mute tongue will shout for joy. For waters will gush forth in the wilderness, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you; and when you go through the rivers, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be scorched; the flames will not set you ablaze.
Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar approached the door of the blazing fiery furnace and called out, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, servants of the Most High God, come out!” So Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego 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 →