Berean Standard Bible
Psalms 91:16
16With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Psalms 91:16 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
- New International Version (NIV)With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation.”
- English Standard Version (ESV)With long life I will satisfy him and show him my salvation."
- New King James Version (NKJV)With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.”
Context of Psalms 91:16
14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him. 15When he calls out to Me, I will answer him; I will be with him in trouble. I will deliver him and honor him. With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Read all of Psalms 91Psalms 91:16 word by word
אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים אַשְׂבִּיעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝אַרְאֵ֗הוּ בִּֽישׁוּעָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 91:16
- Psalms 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it— length of days, forever and ever.
- Genesis 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- Job 5:26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
- Proverbs 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- Proverbs 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- Isaiah 65:20No longer will a nursing infant live but a few days, or an old man fail to live out his years. For the youth will die at a hundred years, and he who fails to reach a hundred will be considered accursed.
- Psalms 16:11You have made known to me the path of life; You will fill me with joy in Your presence, with eternal pleasures at Your right hand.
- Psalms 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Isaiah 45:17But Israel will be saved by the LORD with an everlasting salvation; you will not be put to shame or humiliated, to ages everlasting.
- Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
- Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
Commentaries on Psalms 91:16
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16With long life - Literally, With length of days will I fill him up. He shall neither live a useless life, nor die before his time. He shall live happy and die happy. And show him my salvation - בשועתי ואראהו vearehu bishuathi, "I will make him see (or contemplate) in my salvation." He shall discover infinite lengths, breadths, depths, and heights, in my salvation. He shall feel boundless desires, and shall discover that I have provided boundless…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16With long life will I satisfy him - The margin here, is “length of days;” that is, days lengthened out or multiplied. The meaning is, I will give him length of days as he desires, or until he is satisfied with life; implying (1) that it is natural to desire long life; (2) that long life is to be regarded as a blessing (compare Proverbs 3:2, Proverbs 3:16; Exodus 20:12); (3) that the tendency of religion is to lengthen out life; since virtue, temperance…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 9-16Verses 9-16 Whatever happens, nothing shall hurt the believer; though trouble and affliction befal, it shall come, not for his hurt, but for good, though for the present it be not joyous but grievous. Those who rightly know God, will set their love upon him. They by prayer constantly call upon him. His promise is, that he will in due time deliver the believer out of trouble, and in the mean time be with him in trouble. The Lord will manage all his worldly…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16A long life on earth represents just a small part of the Lord’s goodness and eternal friendship (Psalm 23:6).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 14-1614-16. God Himself speaks (compare Psa 46:10; 75:2, 3). All the terms to express safety and peace indicate the most undoubting confidence (compare Psa 18:2; 20:1; 22:5). set his love--that of the most ardent kind.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 91
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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