Psalms 66 · Verse 10

Psalms 66:10

For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
Psalms 66:10, King James Version

Psalms 66:10 in other translations

BSBFor You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us like silver.
WEBFor you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
ASVFor thou, O God, hast proved us: Thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
YLTFor Thou hast tried us, O God, Thou hast refined us as the refining of silver.
DARBYFor thou, OGod, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
BBEFor you, O God, have put us to the test: testing us by fire like silver.
WebsterFor thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

What does Psalms 66:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Psalms 66:10-12
10-12. Out of severe trials, God had brought them to safety (compare Is 48:10; 1Pe 1:7).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 For thou, O God, hast proved us - This is a metaphor taken from melting and refining metals; afflictions and trials of various kinds are represented as a furnace where ore is melted, and a crucible where it is refined. And this metaphor is used especially to represent cases where there is doubt concerning the purity of the metal, the quantity of alloy, or even the nature or kind of metal subjected to the trial. So God is said to try the Israelites that he might know what was in them; and whether they would keep his testimonies: and then, according to the issue, his conduct towards them would appear to be founded on reason and justice.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 66:8-12

The Lord not only preserves our temporal life, but maintains the spiritual life which he has given to believers. By afflictions we are proved, as silver in the fire. The troubles of the church will certainly end well. Through various conflicts and troubles, the slave of Satan escapes from his yoke, and obtains joy and peace in believing: through much tribulation the believer must enter into the kingdom of God.

Read the full comment on Psalms 66:8-12 →

Psalms 66:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-forH3588
בְחַנְתָּ֥נוּve.chan.Ta.nuyou have tested usH974
אֱלֹהִ֑ים'E.lo.HimO GodH430
צְ֝רַפְתָּ֗נוּtze.raf.Ta.nuyou have refined usH6884
כִּצְרָף\־kitz.rof-as refineH6884
כָּֽסֶף\׃Ka.sefsilverH3701

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Psalms 66:10

  • Isaiah 48:10

    Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.

  • Psalms 17:3

    Thou hast proved mine heart; thou hast visited me in the night; thou hast tried me, and shalt find nothing; I am purposed that my mouth shall not transgress.

  • 1 Peter 1:6-7

    Wherein ye greatly rejoice, though now for a season, if need be, ye are in heaviness through manifold temptations: That the trial of your faith, being much more precious than of gold that perisheth, though it be tried with fire, might be found unto praise and honour and glory at the appearing of Jesus Christ:

  • Proverbs 17:3

    The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.

  • Job 23:10

    But he knoweth the way that I take: when he hath tried me, I shall come forth as gold.

  • Zechariah 13:9

    And I will bring the third part through the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will try them as gold is tried: they shall call on my name, and I will hear them: I will say, It is my people: and they shall say, The Lord is my God.

  • Deuteronomy 8:2

    And thou shalt remember all the way which the Lord thy God led thee these forty years in the wilderness, to humble thee, and to prove thee, to know what was in thine heart, whether thou wouldest keep his commandments, or no.

  • Deuteronomy 8:16

    Who fed thee in the wilderness with manna, which thy fathers knew not, that he might humble thee, and that he might prove thee, to do thee good at thy latter end;

  • Deuteronomy 13:3

    Thou shalt not hearken unto the words of that prophet, or that dreamer of dreams: for the Lord your God proveth you, to know whether ye love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
hast proved us.
17:3; De 8:2,16; 13:3
tried.
Pr 17:3; Isa 48:10; Zec 13:9; 1Pe 1:6,7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Psalms 66:9

    Which holdeth our soul in life, and suffereth not our feet to be moved.

  • Psalms 66:10

    For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.

  • Psalms 66:11

    Thou broughtest us into the net; thou laidst affliction upon our loins.

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Psalms 66:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque tú nos probaste, oh Dios: ensayástenos como se afina la plata.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car, ô Dieu! tu nous as éprouvés, tu nous as affinés comme on affine l’argent;
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn du hast uns geprüft, o Gott, du hast uns geläutert, wie man Silber läutert.