Psalms 66:10
8 Bless our God, O peoples; let the sound of His praise be heard.
9 He preserves our lives and keeps our feet from slipping.
For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
11 You led us into the net; You laid burdens on our backs.
12 You let men ride over our heads; we went through fire and water, but You brought us into abundance.
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Compare
- BSB
- For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
- KJV
- For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
- WEB
- For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
- ASV
- For thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
- DARBY
- For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
- BLB
- For You have tested us, O God; You have refined us like the refining of silver.
- ÅB
- For du prøvde oss, Gud, du renset oss, slik som de renser sølv.
- OTB
- For Du har prøvd oss, Gud;
Du har lutret oss som sølv lutres. - B1930
- For du prøvde oss, Gud, du renset oss, likesom de renser sølv.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Isaiah 48:10
See, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
Read in contextPsalms 17:3
You have tried my heart; You have visited me in the night. You have tested me and found no evil; I have resolved not to sin with my mouth.
Read in context1 Peter 1:6–7
In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while you may have had to suffer grief in various trials
Read in contextProverbs 17:3
A crucible for silver and a furnace for gold, but the LORD is the tester of hearts.
Read in contextJob 23:10
Yet He knows the way I have taken; when He has tested me, I will come forth as gold.
Read in contextZechariah 13:9
This third I will bring through the fire; I will refine them like silver and test them like gold. They will call on My name, and I will answer them. I will say, ‘They are My people,’ and they will say, ‘The LORD is our God.’”
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:2
Remember that these forty years the LORD your God led you all the way in the wilderness, so that He might humble you and test you in order to know what was in your heart, whether or not you would keep His commandments.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 8:16
He fed you in the wilderness with manna that your fathers had not known, in order to humble you and test you, so that in the end He might cause you to prosper.
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