Psalms 81:7
Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee. I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
6I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket.
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify to thee, O Israel, if thou would hearken to me!
Cross References
Exodus 6:6Therefore say to the sons of Israel, I am LORD. And I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.
Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that LORD looked forth upon the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and of cloud, and troubled the army of the Egyptians.
Exodus 17:2Therefore the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water that we may drink. And Moses said to them, Why do ye contend with me? Why do ye challenge LORD?
Exodus 20:2I am LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel strove with LORD, and he was sanctified in them.
Deuteronomy 5:6I am LORD thy God who brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →