Psalms 66:10

8 Oh, bless our God, you peoples!
And make the voice of His praise to be heard,

9 Who keeps our soul among the living,
And does not allow our feet to¹ be moved.

10 For ^aYou, O God, have tested us;
^bYou have refined us as silver is refined.

11 ^aYou brought us into the net;
You laid affliction on our backs.

12 ^aYou have caused men to ride over our heads;
^bWe went through fire and through water;
But You brought us out to¹ rich fulfillment.

13 ^aI will go into Your house with burnt offerings;
^bI will pay You my¹ vows,

14 Which my lips have uttered
And my mouth has spoken when I was in trouble.

15 I will offer You burnt sacrifices of fat animals,
With the sweet aroma of rams;
I will offer bulls with goats. Selah

16 Come and hear, all you who fear God,
And I will declare what He has done for my soul.

17 I cried to Him with my mouth,
And He was¹ extolled with my tongue.

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Psalms 66:10

For thou, O God, hast proved us - That is, Thou hast tried us; thou hast tested the reality of our attachment to thee, as silver is tried by the application of fire. God had proved or tried them by bringing calamity upon them to test the reality of their allegiance to him. The nature of the proof or trial is referred to in the following verses.

Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried - That is, by being subjected to appropriate tests to ascertain its real nature, and to remove from it imperfections. Compare the notes at I Peter 1:7; notes at Isaiah 1:25; notes at Isaiah 48:10; see also Zechariah 13:9; Malachi 3:3.

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