Bible Strands
Psalms 91:16
With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks as the speaker, addressing the believer who has called out to Him in trouble. The declaration follows the immediate context of God's promise to deliver and honor that person in the preceding verse.
The words — אֹרֶךְ יָמִים ('O.rekh Ya.mim) literally denotes length of days, while אַשְׂבִּיעֵהוּ ('as.bi.'E./hu) means I will satisfy him. וְאַרְאֵהוּ בִישׁוּעָתִי (ve.'ar.'E./hu bi.shu.'a.T/i) translates to and I will show him My salvation.
The thread — The theme of divinely granted longevity appears in Psalms 21:4 and Proverbs 3:16, while Proverbs 3:2 links extended days with peace to life.
Why it lands — The text demands recognition that God personally fulfills His promises by granting extended days and revealing His deliverance. It requires the reader to accept divine satisfaction and salvation as direct outcomes of calling on Him.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Cross-references
- Proverbs 3:2 for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- Proverbs 3:16 Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Psalms 21:4 He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
- Psalms 50:23 He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rightly orders his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Isaiah 65:20 No 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.
- Deuteronomy 6:2 so that you and your children and grandchildren may fear the LORD your God all the days of your lives by keeping all His statutes and commandments that I give you, and so that your days may be prolonged.
- Job 5:26 You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
- Luke 2:30 For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
- Proverbs 22:4 The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- Genesis 25:8 And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.