Psalms 81:8
\81:7\You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
In Context
7\81:6\I took the weight from his back; his hands were made free from the baskets.
9\81:8\Give ear, O my people, and I will give you my word, O Israel, if you will only do as I say!
Cross References
Exodus 17:7And he gave that place the name Massah and Meribah, because the children of Israel were angry, and because they put the Lord to the test, saying, Is the Lord with us or not?
Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah; because the children of Israel went against the Lord, and they saw that he was holy among them.
Deuteronomy 32:46Moses said to them, Let the words which I have said to you today go deep into your hearts, and give orders to your children to do every word of this law.
Psalms 81:13\81:12\So I gave them up to the desires of their hearts; that they might go after their evil purposes.
Isaiah 55:3Give ear, and come to me, take note with care, so that your souls may have life: and I will make an eternal agreement with you, even the certain mercies of David.
John 3:32He gives witness of what he has seen and of what has come to his ears; and no man takes his witness as true.
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 →