Matthew Poole and continuators on Psalms 66:10

10 For thou, O God, hast proved us, thou hast tryed us, as silver is tryed .

Or, Yet or Nevertheless. Though thou hast hitherto helped us, and now delivered us, yet for a season thou hast sorely afflicted us.

(i. e.) Severely, as if it were in a burning Furnace; and with a Design to try our sincerity, and to purge out the Dross, or the wicked from among us.

Marginal references: Psal. 17. 3.