With long life will I satisfy him, and shew him my salvation.
Parallel translations
- WEB I will satisfy him with long life, and show him my salvation.”
- BSB With long life I will satisfy him and show 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 length of days, and long life, and peace, shall they add to thee.
- Prov 3:16Length of days is in her right hand; and in her left hand riches and honour.
- Ps 21:4He asked life of thee, and thou gavest it him, even length of days for ever and ever.
- Ps 50:23Whoso offereth praise glorifieth me: and to him that ordereth his conversation aright will I shew the salvation of God.
- Isa 65:20–22There shall be no more thence an infant of days, nor an old man that hath not filled his days: for the child shall die an hundred years old; but the sinner being an hundred years old shall be accursed.
- Job 5:26Thou shalt come to thy grave in a full age, like as a shock of corn cometh in in his season.
- Deut 6:2That thou mightest fear the LORD thy God, to keep all his statutes and his commandments, which I command thee, thou, and thy son, and thy son’s son, all the days of thy life; and that thy days may be prolonged.
- Luke 2:30For mine eyes have seen thy salvation,
- Prov 22:4By humility and the fear of the LORD are riches, and honour, and life.
- Isa 45:17But Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end.
- Gen 25:8Then Abraham gave up the ghost, and died in a good old age, an old man, and full of years; and was gathered to his people.
- Ps 16:11Thou wilt shew me the path of life: in thy presence is fulness of joy; at thy right hand there are pleasures for evermore.
- Luke 3:6And all flesh shall see the salvation of God.
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