Psalms 66:10
For thou didst prove us, O God, Thou didst refine us, according to the refining of silver:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
In Context
9Who hath set our soul among the living, And hath not suffered, our foot, to slip.
11Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins;
Cross References
Deuteronomy 8:16who fed thee with manna in the desert, which thy fathers had not known,—that he might humble thee, and that he might put thee to the proof, to do thee good in thy hereafter,
Job 23:10But, he, knoweth the way that I choose, Having tried me, as gold, I shall come forth.
Proverbs 17:3Fining-pot for silver, crucible for gold, but, he that trieth hearts, is Yahweh.
Isaiah 48:10Lo! I have refined thee, but not as silver,—I have tested thee, in a smelting-pot of affliction.
Malachi 3:3Therefore will he sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and will purify the sons of Levi, and will smelt them, as gold and as silver; so shall they belong to Yahweh, offering a gift 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 →