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Psalm 66:10
For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
8Praise our God, you peoples! Make the sound of his praise heard,
9who preserves our life among the living, and doesn’t allow our feet to be moved.
10For you, God, have tested us. You have refined us, as silver is refined.
11You brought us into prison. You laid a burden on our backs.
12You allowed men to ride over our heads. We went through fire and through water, but you brought us to the place of abundance.
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Silver being refined is the comparison these worshipers choose for God's testing, a hard claim within praise for the God who preserved their lives.
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Isaiah 43:2When you pass through the waters, I will be with you, and through the rivers, they will not overflow you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be …Isaiah promises God's presence through water and fire; Psalm 66's surrounding verses recount passage through both under God's care.
Job 23:10But he knows the way that I take. When he has tried me, I will come out like gold.Both describe God's testing through precious metals: Psalm 66 speaks of silver refined, and Job expects to emerge like gold.
Isaiah 48:10Behold, I have refined you, but not as silver. I have chosen you in the furnace of affliction.Both describe God refining his people, though Isaiah distinguishes their affliction from the silver refining used as Psalm 66's comparison.
Psalm 12:6The LORD’s words are flawless words, as silver refined in a clay furnace, purified seven times.Both use refined silver as a comparison, with Psalm 12 describing God's flawless words and Psalm 66 describing his tested people.
Exodus 15:25Then he cried to the LORD. The LORD showed him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an …Both name God as the one who tests his people; Exodus locates that testing where bitter waters became sweet.
Psalm 17:3You have proved my heart. You have visited me in the night. You have tried me, and found nothing. I have resolved that my mouth shall not disobey.Both address God as the one who has tested the speaker, with Psalm 66 speaking for a group.
1 Peter 1:6–7In this you greatly rejoice, though now for a little while, if need be, you have been grieved in various trials,Both speak of testing or trials among God's people; the supplied verse from Peter names the grief those trials bring.
Proverbs 17:3The refining pot is for silver, and the furnace for gold, but the LORD tests the hearts.Both connect the refining of silver with God's testing, and Proverbs specifies that the LORD tests hearts.
Malachi 3:3and he will sit as a refiner and purifier of silver, and he will purify the sons of Levi, and refine them as gold and silver; and they shall offer to the LORD …Both describe people being refined like silver; Malachi names the sons of Levi and their offerings in righteousness.
Deuteronomy 13:3you shall not listen to the words of that prophet, or to that dreamer of dreams; for the LORD your God is testing you, to know whether you love the LORD your …Both identify God as testing his people; Deuteronomy specifies a test of their love for him amid false prophecy.
Zechariah 13:9I will bring the third part into the fire, and will refine them as silver is refined, and will test them like gold is tested. They will call on my name, and I …Both describe God refining people as silver is refined, and both pair that refining with testing.
Deuteronomy 8:2You shall remember all the way which the LORD your God has led you these forty years in the wilderness, that he might humble you, to test you, to know what was …Both look back on God's testing of his people; Deuteronomy names the wilderness and whether they would keep his commandments.
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The people who say God refined them also name prison and burdens. Their praise leaves the suffering visible; the God who tested them also preserved their lives.
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