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.
• 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
• New Living Translation (NLT)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

Context of Psalms 81:7

5He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known: 6"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 8Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me! 9There shall be no strange god among you; you shall not bow down to a foreign god.

Psalms 81:7 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou calledstקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• in troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• and I deliveredחָלַץchâlats · to rescueH2502
• thee; I answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• thee in the secret placeסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• of thunderרַ֫עַםra‛am · thunderH7482
• I provedבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• thee at the watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Meribahמְרִיבָהmerîybâh · MeribahH4809
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 81:7

• Psalms 50:15and call upon me in the day of trouble; I will deliver you, and you shall glorify me."
• Psalms 91:14"Because he holds fast to me in love, I will deliver him; I will protect him, because he knows my name.
• Exodus 2:23During those many days the king of Egypt died, and the people of Israel groaned because of their slavery and cried out for help. Their cry for rescue from slavery came up to God.
• Exodus 14:10When Pharaoh drew near, the people of Israel lifted up their eyes, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they feared greatly. And the people of Israel cried out to the Lord.
• Exodus 17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, "Give us water to drink." And Moses said to them, "Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?"
• Exodus 14:24And in the morning watch the Lord in the pillar of fire and of cloud looked down on the Egyptian forces and threw the Egyptian forces into a panic,
• Exodus 19:19And as the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him in thunder.
• Exodus 20:18Now when all the people saw the thunder and the flashes of lightning and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking, the people were afraid and trembled, and they stood far off
• Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb, and you shall strike the rock, and water shall come out of it, and the people will drink." And Moses did so, in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Numbers 20:13These are the waters of Meribah, where the people of Israel quarreled with the Lord, and through them he showed himself holy.
• Deuteronomy 33:8And of Levi he said, "Give to Levi your Thummim, and your Urim to your godly one, whom you tested at Massah, with whom you quarreled 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