Psalms 66:12
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.
Revised Version 1895
In The King James Version
In Context
11Thou broughtest us into the net; thou layedst a sore burden upon our loins.
13I will come into thy house with burnt offerings, I will pay thee my vows,
Cross References
Job 5:19He shall deliver thee in six troubles; yea, in seven there shall no evil touch thee.
Psalms 33:19To deliver their soul from death, and to keep them alive in famine.
Psalms 107:35He turneth a wilderness into a pool of water, and a dry land into watersprings.
Isaiah 35:6Then shall the lame man leap as an hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing: for in the wilderness shall waters break out, and streams in the desert.
Isaiah 43:2When thou passest through the waters, I will be with thee; and through the rivers, they shall not overflow thee: when thou walkest through the fire, thou shalt not be burned; neither shall the flame kindle upon thee.
Daniel 3:26Then Nebuchadnezzar came near to the mouth of the burning fiery furnace: he spake and said, Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, ye servants of the Most High God, come forth, and come hither. Then Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, came forth 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 →