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Psalm 91:16

I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”

14“Because he has set his love on me, therefore I will deliver him. I will set him on high, because he has known my name.
15He will call on me, and I will answer him. I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him, and honor him.
16I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”
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“Long life” and “my salvation” bring the desire for more years into the same sentence as the hope of seeing what God will do.

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Where else Scripture says this

12 passages readers most often link with this verse, and the thread each one shares with it.

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Proverbs 3:2for they will add to you length of days, years of life, and peace.Both passages describe length of life as a blessing, with Proverbs naming peace alongside added years.
Proverbs 3:16Length of days is in her right hand. In her left hand are riches and honor.Long life appears in both passages, promised by God in the psalm and pictured in wisdom’s right hand in Proverbs.
Psalm 50:23Whoever offers the sacrifice of thanksgiving glorifies me, and prepares his way so that I will show God’s salvation to him.”In both psalms, God promises to show his salvation to a person whose life is directed toward him.
Psalm 21:4He asked life of you and you gave it to him, even length of days forever and ever.Both psalms speak of life given by God, with Psalm 21 describing length of days in answer to a request.
Job 5:26You will come to your grave in a full age, like a shock of grain comes in its season.Both passages describe long life in terms of fullness, using satisfaction in the psalm and ripe grain in Job.
Isaiah 65:20–22“No more will there be an infant who only lives a few days, nor an old man who has not filled his days; for the child will die one hundred years old, and the …Both passages picture life extending into old age, with Isaiah describing an old man who has filled his days.
Deuteronomy 6:2that you might fear the LORD your God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command you—you, your son, and your son’s son, all the days of …Both passages connect prolonged life with devotion to God, expressed through love in the psalm’s context and obedience in Deuteronomy.
Luke 2:30for my eyes have seen your salvation,The psalm promises that God will show his salvation; Luke records someone saying that his eyes have seen God’s salvation.
Proverbs 22:4The result of humility and the fear of the LORD is wealth, honor, and life.Both texts connect life with a person’s relationship to God, though Proverbs also names wealth and honor.
Isaiah 45:17Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation. You will not be disappointed nor confounded to ages everlasting.Both passages speak of salvation from God; Isaiah names Israel and describes that salvation as everlasting.
Genesis 25:8Abraham gave up his spirit, and died at a good old age, an old man, and full of years, and was gathered to his people.The psalm promises satisfaction with long life; Abraham’s death at a good old age shares the theme of fullness of years.
Isaiah 65:22They will not build and another inhabit. They will not plant and another eat; for the days of my people will be like the days of a tree, and my chosen will …Both passages describe long life as a blessing, with Isaiah adding the lasting enjoyment of work.
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Read Psalm 91:14–16 and mark what God promises

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Encouragement

God speaks these promises to someone who will face trouble. The hope of a full life rests with the same God who promises his presence and salvation.

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