Psalms 81:7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
6I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
8Hear, my people, and I will testify unto thee; O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Cross References
Exodus 6:6Therefore say unto the children of Israel, I am Jehovah, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will deliver you from their service, and I will redeem you with a stretched-out arm, and with great judgments.
Exodus 14:24And it came to pass in the morning watch, that Jehovah looked upon the camp of the Egyptians, in the pillar of fire and of the cloud, and embarrassed the camp of the Egyptians.
Exodus 17:2And the people contended with Moses, and said, Give us water, that we may drink! And Moses said to them, Why do ye dispute with me? Why do ye tempt Jehovah?
Exodus 20:2I am Jehovah thy God, who have brought thee out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the children of Israel contended with Jehovah, and he hallowed himself in them.
Deuteronomy 5:6I am Jehovah thy God who have 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 →