Psalms 66:10
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
In Context
9He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
11You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
Job 23:10Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Proverbs 17:3A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Isaiah 48:10See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:3And He will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver; He will purify the sons of Levi and refine them like gold and silver. Then they will present offerings to the LORD 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 →