Psalms 66:12
You allowed our enemies to trample on us; we experienced difficulties/troubles that were like [MET] walking through fires and floods, but now you have brought us into a place where we have plenty.
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Job 5:19He will rescue you many times from your troubles, with the result that nothing evil will happen to you.
Psalms 33:19He saves them [SYN] from dying before they should die and preserves them when there is a famine.
Psalms 107:35But sometimes he causes pools of water to appear in deserts, and he causes springs to flow in very dry ground.
Isaiah 35:6Lame people will leap like deer, and those who have been unable to speak will sing joyfully. Water will gush out from springs in the desert; streams will flow in the desert.
Isaiah 43:2When you experience dangerous situations, and you feel like [MET] you are crossing deep rivers, I will be with you. When you have very big troubles/difficulties, you will [LIT] be able to endure them. When people try to kill you like they tried to kill Daniel’s three friends by throwing them in a fire, you will not die, just like Daniel’s three friends were not burned up,
Daniel 3:26Nebuchadnezzar came closer to the opening of the flaming furnace, and he shouted, “Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, you who worship the Supreme God, come out of there! Come here!” So they stepped 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 →