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Psalm 81:7–10

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7“You acalled in distress and I rescued you;

I banswered you in the hiding place of thunder;

I tested you at the cwaters of Meribah. 1Selah.

8“aHear, O My people, and I will testify against you;

O Israel, if you bwould listen to Me!

9“Let there be no astrange god among you;

And you shall not worship a foreign god.

10“aI am Yahweh your God,

Who brought you up from the land of Egypt;

bOpen your mouth wide and I will cfill it.

Read in Logos
Psalm 81:6–7: “I relieved your shoulder of the burden; your hands were freed from the basket. In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Footnotes

  1. 1Selah may mean Pause, Crescendo, Musical Interlude

Cross references

  1. aEx 2:23; 14:10; Ps 50:15
  2. bEx 19:19; 20:18
  3. cEx 17:6, 7; Num 20:13; Ps 95:8
  4. aPs 50:7
  5. bPs 95:7
  6. aEx 20:3; Deut 5:7; 32:12; Ps 44:20; Is 43:12
  7. aEx 20:2; Deut 5:6
  8. bJob 29:23
  9. cPs 37:4; 78:25; 107:9

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

In distress you called, and I delivered you;

I answered you in the secret place of thunder;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Hear, O my people, while I admonish you!

O Israel, if you would but listen to me!

There shall be no strange god among you;

you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

I am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

In your distress you called and I rescued you,

I answered you out of a thundercloud;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah.

Hear me, my people, and I will warn you—

if you would only listen to me, Israel!

You shall have no foreign god among you;

you shall not worship any god other than me.

I am the Lord your God,

who brought you up out of Egypt.

Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

You called out in distress, and I rescued you;

I answered you from the thundercloud.

I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.

Selah

Listen, my people, and I will admonish you.

Israel, if you would only listen to me!

There must not be a strange god among you;

you must not bow down to a foreign god.

I am the Lord your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it.

NLTNew Living Translation

You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you;

I answered out of the thundercloud

and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah.

Interlude

“Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings.

O Israel, if you would only listen to me!

You must never have a foreign god;

you must not bow down before a false god.

For it was I, the Lord your God,

who rescued you from the land of Egypt.

Open your mouth wide, and I will fill it with good things.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

In this trouble you called, and I rescued you.

Within the secret place of thunder I answered you;

I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Hear, O my people, and I will admonish you;

O Israel, if you would but listen to me.

There shall be no strange god among you,

and you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

I am Yahweh your God,

who brought you up from the land of Egypt.

Open wide your mouth and I will fill it.

KJV 1900King James Version

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.

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee:

O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

There shall no strange god be in thee;

Neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

I am the Lord thy God,

Which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:

Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.