Psalms 66:12

NET Bible® (New English Translation)

You allowed men to ride over our heads; we passed through fire and water, but you brought us out into a wide open place.

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Referenced Verses

  • Isa 51:23 : 23 I will put it into the hand of your tormentors who said to you,‘Lie down, so we can walk over you.’ You made your back like the ground, and like the street for those who walked over you.”
  • 1 Thess 3:3-4 : 3 so that no one would be shaken by these afflictions. For you yourselves know that we are destined for this. 4 For in fact when we were with you, we were telling you in advance that we would suffer affliction, and so it has happened, as you well know.
  • Jas 5:11 : 11 Think of how we regard as blessed those who have endured. You have heard of Job’s endurance and you have seen the Lord’s purpose, that the Lord is full of compassion and mercy.
  • Rev 7:14-17 : 14 So I said to him,“My lord, you know the answer.” Then he said to me,“These are the ones who have come out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb! 15 For this reason they are before the throne of God, and they serve him day and night in his temple, and the one seated on the throne will shelter them. 16 They will never go hungry or be thirsty again, and the sun will not beat down on them, nor any burning heat, 17 because the Lamb in the middle of the throne will shepherd them and lead them to springs of living water, and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”
  • Job 36:16 : 16 And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.
  • Ps 33:19 : 19 by saving their lives from death and sustaining them during times of famine.
  • Ps 40:2-3 : 2 He lifted me out of the watery pit, out of the slimy mud. He placed my feet on a rock and gave me secure footing. 3 He gave me reason to sing a new song, praising our God. May many see what God has done, so that they might swear allegiance to him and trust in the LORD!
  • Ps 107:35-37 : 35 As for his people, he turned a desert into a pool of water, and a dry land into springs of water. 36 He allowed the hungry to settle there, and they established a city in which to live. 37 They cultivated fields, and planted vineyards, which yielded a harvest of fruit.
  • Ps 129:1-3 : 1 A song of ascents.“Since my youth they have often attacked me,” let Israel say. 2 “Since my youth they have often attacked me, but they have not defeated me. 3 The plowers plowed my back; they made their furrows long.
  • Isa 35:6-7 : 6 Then the lame will leap like a deer, the mute tongue will shout for joy; for water will burst forth in the wilderness, streams in the arid rift valley. 7 The dry soil will become a pool of water, the parched ground springs of water. Where jackals once lived and sprawled out, grass, reeds, and papyrus will grow.
  • Isa 43:1-2 : 1 The Lord Will Rescue His People Now, this is what the LORD says, the one who created you, O Jacob, and formed you, O Israel:“Don’t be afraid, for I will protect you. I call you by name, you are mine. 2 When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.
  • Acts 14:22 : 22 They strengthened the souls of the disciples and encouraged them to continue in the faith, saying,“We must enter the kingdom of God through many persecutions.”
  • Luke 16:25 : 25 But Abraham said,‘Child, remember that in your lifetime you received your good things and Lazarus likewise bad things, but now he is comforted here and you are in anguish.

Similar Verses (AI)

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  • Ps 66:9-11
    3 verses
    82%

    9He preserves our lives and does not allow our feet to slip.

    10For you, O God, tested us; you purified us like refined silver.

    11You led us into a trap; you caused us to suffer.

  • Ps 66:6
    76%

    6He turned the sea into dry land; they passed through the river on foot. Let us rejoice in him there!

  • Hab 3:15
    75%

    15But you trample on the sea with your horses, on the surging, raging waters.

  • Exod 15:12-13
    2 verses
    74%

    12You stretched out your right hand, the earth swallowed them.

    13By your loyal love you will lead the people whom you have redeemed; you will guide them by your strength to your holy dwelling place.

  • Ps 124:3-6
    4 verses
    74%

    3they would have swallowed us alive, when their anger raged against us.

    4The water would have overpowered us; the current would have overwhelmed us.

    5The raging water would have overwhelmed us.

    6The LORD deserves praise, for he did not hand us over as prey to their teeth.

  • Ps 66:13
    73%

    13I will enter your temple with burnt sacrifices; I will fulfill the vows I made to you,

  • Neh 9:11-12
    2 verses
    73%

    11You split the sea before them, and they crossed through the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers into the depths, like a stone into surging waters.

    12You guided them with a pillar of cloud by day and with a pillar of fire by night to illumine for them the path they were to travel.

  • Deut 26:8-9
    2 verses
    71%

    8Therefore the LORD brought us out of Egypt with tremendous strength and power, as well as with great awe-inspiring signs and wonders.

    9Then he brought us to this place and gave us this land, a land flowing with milk and honey.

  • Ps 44:19
    71%

    19Yet you have battered us, leaving us a heap of ruins overrun by wild dogs; you have covered us with darkness.

  • Isa 63:13
    71%

    13who led them through the deep water? Like a horse running through the wilderness they did not stumble.

  • 2 Sam 22:17
    70%

    17He reached down from above and grabbed me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Isa 43:2
    70%

    2When you pass through the waters, I am with you; when you pass through the streams, they will not overwhelm you. When you walk through the fire, you will not be burned; the flames will not harm you.

  • Ps 77:19
    70%

    19You walked through the sea; you passed through the surging waters, but left no footprints.

  • Ps 74:15
    70%

    15You broke open the spring and the stream; you dried up perpetually flowing rivers.

  • Ps 81:7
    70%

    7In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.(Selah)

  • Josh 24:17
    70%

    17For the LORD our God took us and our fathers out of slavery in the land of Egypt and performed these awesome miracles before our very eyes. He continually protected us as we traveled and when we passed through nations.

  • Ps 18:16
    70%

    16He reached down from above and took hold of me; he pulled me from the surging water.

  • Jer 2:6
    70%

    6They did not ask:‘Where is the LORD who delivered us out of Egypt, who brought us through the wilderness, through a land of valleys and gorges, through a land of desert and deep darkness, through a land in which no one travels, and where no one lives?’

  • Deut 6:23
    70%

    23He delivered us from there so that he could give us the land he had promised our ancestors.

  • Isa 51:10
    70%

    10Did you not dry up the sea, the waters of the great deep? Did you not make a path through the depths of the sea, so those delivered from bondage could cross over?

  • Deut 8:15
    70%

    15and who brought you through the great, fearful wilderness of venomous serpents and scorpions, an arid place with no water. He made water flow from a flint rock and

  • Ps 60:3
    70%

    3You have made your people experience hard times; you have made us drink intoxicating wine.

  • Ps 77:16
    69%

    16The waters saw you, O God, the waters saw you and trembled. Yes, the depths of the sea shook with fear.

  • Ps 78:53
    69%

    53He guided them safely along, and they were not afraid; but the sea covered their enemies.

  • Ps 71:20
    69%

    20Though you have allowed me to experience much trouble and distress, revive me once again! Bring me up once again from the depths of the earth!

  • Ps 68:9
    69%

    9O God, you cause abundant showers to fall on your chosen people. When they are tired, you sustain them,

  • Ps 74:13
    69%

    13You destroyed the sea by your strength; you shattered the heads of the sea monster in the water.

  • Exod 15:10
    69%

    10But you blew with your breath, and the sea covered them. They sank like lead in the mighty waters.

  • Exod 15:7
    69%

    7In the abundance of your majesty you have overthrown those who rise up against you. You sent forth your wrath; it consumed them like stubble.

  • Isa 48:21
    69%

    21They do not thirst as he leads them through dry regions; he makes water flow out of a rock for them; he splits open a rock and water flows out.’

  • Job 30:22
    69%

    22You pick me up on the wind and make me ride on it; you toss me about in the storm.

  • Ps 44:5
    69%

    5By your power we will drive back our enemies; by your strength we will trample down our foes!

  • Num 16:13
    69%

    13Is it a small thing that you have brought us up out of the land that flows with milk and honey, to kill us in the wilderness? Now do you want to make yourself a prince over us?

  • Ps 60:12
    69%

    12By God’s power we will conquer; he will trample down our enemies.

  • Job 36:16
    69%

    16And surely, he drew you from the mouth of distress, to a wide place, unrestricted, and to the comfort of your table filled with rich food.

  • Deut 4:20
    69%

    20You, however, the LORD has selected and brought from Egypt, that iron-smelting furnace, to be his special people as you are today.

  • Lam 3:45
    69%

    45You make us like filthy scum in the estimation of the nations.

  • Exod 15:19
    69%

    19For the horses of Pharaoh came with his chariots and his footmen into the sea, and the LORD brought back the waters of the sea on them, but the Israelites walked on dry land in the middle of the sea.”

  • 2 Sam 22:20
    68%

    20He brought me out into a wide open place; he delivered me because he was pleased with me.

  • Hab 3:12
    68%

    12You furiously stomp on the earth, you angrily trample down the nations.

  • Neh 9:15
    68%

    15You provided bread from heaven for them in their time of hunger, and you brought forth water from the rock for them in their time of thirst. You told them to enter in order to possess the land that you had sworn to give them.

  • Isa 43:16
    68%

    16This is what the LORD says, the one who made a road through the sea, a pathway through the surging waters,