5 When God went out against Egypt,

he established it as a statute for Joseph.

I heard an unknown voice say:

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.

5 He made it a law for Israel

when he attacked Egypt to set us free.

I heard an unknown voice say,

5 This He established in Joseph as a testimony,

When He went throughout the land of Egypt,

Where I heard a language I did not understand.

5 He gave this rule to the people of Joseph

when they went out of the land of Egypt.

I heard a language I did not know, saying:

5 He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony,

When he went out over the land of Egypt,

Where I heard a language that I knew not.

5 He ordained it in Joseph for a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, where I heard a language that I knew not.

5 These are the instructions God set in place for Joseph 

when Joseph rose to power over Egypt. 

I heard a message I did not understand: 

5 He set it up as an ordinance for Joseph

when He went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard an unfamiliar language:

5 He made it a decree in Joseph,

when he went out over the land of Egypt.

I hear a voice I had not known:

5 He made it a statute in Joseph

when he went out against the land of Egypt,

where I heard a language I did not know.

5 He gave it as a covenant law for the people of Joseph

when God went out to punish Egypt.

There we heard a language we didn’t understand.

5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph

When he went throughout the land of Egypt.

I heard a language that I did not know: