Psalms 81:7

Psalms 81:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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
• New King James Version (NKJV)You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

Context of Psalms 81:7

5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: 6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket. You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah 8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you: O Israel, if only you would listen to Me! 9There must be no strange god among you, nor shall you bow to a foreign god.

Psalms 81:7 word by word

בַּצָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָאֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥ךָּ אֶ֭עֶנְךָ בְּסֵ֣תֶר רַ֑עַם אֶבְחָֽנְךָ֨ עַל־מֵ֖י מְרִיבָ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃Read the interlinear

• You called outקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• in distressצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• and I rescued youחָלַץchâlats · to rescueH2502
• I answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• you from the cloudסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• of thunderרַ֫עַםra‛am · thunderH7482
• I testedבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• you atעַל‛al · uponH5921
• the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Meribahמְרִיבָהmerîybâh · MeribahH4809
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 81:7

• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 91:14“Because he loves Me, I will deliver him; because he knows My name, I will protect him.
• Exodus 2:23After a long time, the king of Egypt died. The Israelites groaned and cried out under their burden of slavery, and their cry for deliverance from bondage ascended to God.
• Exodus 14:10As Pharaoh approached, the Israelites looked up and saw the Egyptians marching after them, and they were terrified and cried out to the LORD.
• Exodus 17:2So the people contended with Moses, “Give us water to drink.” “Why do you contend with me?” Moses replied. “Why do you test the LORD?”
• Exodus 14:24At morning watch, however, the LORD looked down on the army of the Egyptians from the pillar of fire and cloud, and He threw their camp into confusion.
• Exodus 19:19And as the sound of the ram’s horn grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him in the thunder.
• Exodus 20:18When all the people witnessed the thunder and lightning, the sounding of the ram’s horn, and the mountain enveloped in smoke, they trembled and stood at a distance.
• Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand there before you by the rock at Horeb. And when you strike the rock, water will come out of it for the people to drink.” So Moses did this in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Numbers 20:13These were the waters of Meribah, where the Israelites quarreled with the LORD, and He showed His holiness among them.
• Deuteronomy 33:8Concerning Levi he said: “Give Your Thummim to Levi and Your Urim to Your godly one, whom You tested at Massah and contested at the waters of Meribah.

Commentaries on Psalms 81:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Thou calledst in trouble - They had cried by reason of their burdens, and the cruelty of their task-masters; and God heard that cry, and delivered them. See Exodus 3:7, etc. In the secret place of thunder - On Mount Sinai; where God was heard, but not seen. They heard a voice, but they saw no shape. At the waters of Meribah - See this transaction, Exodus 17:1; (note), etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7Thou calledst in trouble - The people of Israel. Exodus 2:23; Exodus 3:9; Exodus 14:10. And I delivered thee - I brought the people out of Egypt. I answered thee in the secret place of thunder - That is, in the lonely, retired, solemn place where the thunder rolled; the solitudes where there was no voice but the voice of thunder, and where that seemed to come from the deep recesses of the mountain gorges. The allusion is doubtless to Sinai. Compare Exodus…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 6-7The Lord heard Israel’s cry in Egypt and rescued them from oppressive slavery.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. secret place--the cloud from which He troubled the Egyptians (Ex 14:24). proved thee--(Psa 7:10; 17:3)--tested their faith by the miracle.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 81:7

• Faith
• Prayer

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Gittith
• Lust
• Meribah
• Psalms
• Thunder
• God
• Joy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Massah and Meribah

Commentaries on Psalms 81

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings