New Living Translation
Psalms 91:16
16I will reward them with a long life and give them 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
14The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. 15When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble. I will rescue and honor them. I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”
Read all of Psalms 91Psalms 91:16 word by word
אֹ֣רֶךְ יָ֭מִים אַשְׂבִּיעֵ֑הוּ וְ֝אַרְאֵ֗הוּ בִּֽישׁוּעָתִֽי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 91:16
- Psalms 21:4He asked you to preserve his life, and you granted his request. The days of his life stretch on forever.
- Genesis 25:8and he died at a ripe old age, having lived a long and satisfying life. He breathed his last and joined his ancestors in death.
- Job 5:26You will go to the grave at a ripe old age, like a sheaf of grain harvested at the proper time!
- Proverbs 3:2If you do this, you will live many years, and your life will be satisfying.
- Proverbs 22:4True humility and fear of the Lord lead to riches, honor, and long life.
- Isaiah 65:20“No longer will babies die when only a few days old. No longer will adults die before they have lived a full life. No longer will people be considered old at one hundred! Only the cursed will die that young!
- Psalms 16:11You will show me the way of life, granting me the joy of your presence and the pleasures of living with you forever.
- Psalms 50:23But giving thanks is a sacrifice that truly honors me. If you keep to my path, I will reveal to you the salvation of God.”
- Isaiah 45:17But the Lord will save the people of Israel with eternal salvation. Throughout everlasting ages, they will never again be humiliated and disgraced.
- Luke 2:30I have seen your salvation,
- Luke 3:6And then all people will see the salvation sent from God.’”
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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