With long life I will satisfy him and show him My salvation.”
Parallel translations
- WEB I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”
- KJV With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
- NKJV With long life I will satisfy him, And show him My salvation.”
- NASB “I will satisfy him with a long life, And show him My salvation.”
- NLT I will reward them with a long life and give them my salvation.”
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Quick answer
God promises to satisfy the one who trusts Him with a full life and to show him His salvation. It assures believers that life under God's care is ultimately abundant and secure.
Overview
This closing verse of Psalm 91 is God Himself speaking, crowning the psalm's promises of protection with the gift of satisfying life and salvation. 'Long life' reflects the Old Testament blessing of a full, God-given lifespan, yet the deeper note is 'my salvation' — God's saving help. Ultimately this finds its fullness in Christ, who is the salvation of God and grants His people eternal, satisfying life (John 10:10; Luke 2:30).
Cross-references & the web
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- Prov 3:2for they will add length to your days, years and peace to your life.
- Prov 3:16Long life is in her right hand; in her left hand are riches and honor.
- Ps 21:4He asked You for life, and You granted it—length of days, forever and ever.
- Ps 50:23He who sacrifices a thank offering honors Me, and to him who rights his way, I will show the salvation of God.”
- Isa 65:20–22No 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.
- Job 5:26You will come to the grave in full vigor, like a sheaf of grain gathered in season.
- Deut 6:2so 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.
- Luke 2:30For my eyes have seen Your salvation,
- Prov 22:4The rewards of humility and the fear of the LORD are wealth and honor and life.
- Isa 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.
- Gen 25:8And at a ripe old age he breathed his last and died, old and contented, and was gathered to his people.
- Ps 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.
- Luke 3:6And all humanity will see God’s salvation.’”
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The Psalms are Christ's own prayer book and a gallery of his portraits — the suffering one of Psalm 22, the risen Lord of Psalm 16, the priest-king of Psalm 110, the Son to whom the nations are given.
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