Psalms 66:10
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
World English Bible
In The King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
In Context
9who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
11You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16who fed you in the wilderness with manna, which your fathers didn’t know, that he might humble you, and that he might prove you, to do you good at your latter end;
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.
Malachi 3:3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD offerings 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 →