Psalms 66:12
Thou didst let men ride at our head; We went into fire and into water, But thou didst bring us forth into freedom.
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
11Thou didst bring us into the hunter’s net, Thou didst lay a load upon our loins;
13I will enter thy house with ascending-sacrifices, I will pay unto thee my vows,
Cross References
Job 5:19In six troubles, he will rescue thee, and, in seven, there shall smite thee no misfortune:
Psalms 33:19To rescue, from death, their soul, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 107:35He turneth A Desert, into a pool of water, and, A Parched Land into springs of water;
Isaiah 35:6Then, shall leap as a hart the lame, Then shall shout the tongue of the dumb, For, there have broken forth—In the desert—waters, And streams, in the waste plain:
Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, with thee, I am, Or, through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee,—When thou walkest through fire, thou shall not be scorched, And, a flame, shall not kindle upon thee;
Daniel 3:26Then did Nebuchadnezzar, draw near, to the door of the burning furnace of fire, he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the most high God, step forth and come hither. Then stepped forth Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, out of the midst 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 →