10 For you, God, tested us; you refined us like silver.
10 For thou, O God, hast proved us: thou hast tried us, as silver is tried.
10 For you, O God, have tested us; you have tried us as silver is tried.
10 He trained us first, passed us like silver through refining fires,
10 For You, O God, have tested us; You have refined us as silver is refined.
10 You have tested us, OÂ God; you have purified us like silver.
10 See, I have refined you, though not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
10 Behold, I have refined thee, but not with silver; I have chosen thee in the furnace of affliction.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tried
10 Do you see what I've done? I've refined you, but not without fire. I've tested you like silver in the furnace of affliction.
10 Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver; I have tested you in the furnace of affliction.
10 I have refined you, but not as silver is refined. Rather, I have refined you in the furnace of suffering.
(Read Isaiah 48:9-15)
We have nothing ourselves to plead with God, why he should have mercy upon us. It is for his praise, to the honour of his mercy, to spare. His bringing men into trouble was to do them good. It was to refine them, but not as silver; not so thoroughly as men refine silver. If God should take that course, they are all dross, and, as such, might justly be put away. He takes them as refined in part only. Many have been brought home to God as chosen vessels, and a good work of grace begun in them, in the furnace of affliction. It is comfort to God's people, that God will secure his own honour, therefore work deliverance for them. And if God delivers his people, he cannot be at a loss for instruments to be employed. God has formed a plan, in which, for his own sake, and the glory of his grace, he saves all that come to Him.
3 The crucible for silver and the furnace for gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
3 The fining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold: but the Lord trieth the hearts.
3 The crucible is for silver, and the furnace is for gold, and the Lord tests hearts.
3 As silver in a crucible and gold in a pan, so our lives are assayed by God.
3 The refining pot is for silver and the furnace for gold, But the Lord tests the hearts.
3 Fire tests the purity of silver and gold, but the Lord tests the heart.
(Read Proverbs 17:3)
God tries the heart by affliction. He thus has often shown the sin remaining in the heart of the believer.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Psalm 66:10
Commentary on Psalm 66:8-12
(Read Psalm 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.