Psalms 81:5
He appointed it as a memorial in Joseph, When he went out of the land of Egypt, Where he heard a language which he knew not.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
4For this is a statute for Israel, A law of the God of Jacob;
6“I relieved [[said he]] thy shoulders from their burden; Thy hands were removed from the hod.
Cross References
Psalms 78:6So that the generation to come might know them; The children, which should be born, and rise up, Who should declare them to their children;
Psalms 114:1When Israel came forth from Egypt, The house of Jacob from a people of strange language,
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 →