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 established it for a testimony in Joseph When he went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a language that I did not know: 6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket. You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 8Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me! 9Let there be no strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

Psalms 81:7 word by word

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

• calledקָרָאqârâ' · to call: call toH7121
• in troubleצָרָהtsârâh · distressH6869
• and I rescuedחָלַץchâlats · to rescueH2502
• answeredעָנָה‛ânâh · to answerH6030
• you in the hidingסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• placeסֵ֫תֶרsêther sithrâh · secrecyH5643
• of thunderרַ֫עַםra‛am · thunderH7482
• I provedבָּחַןbâchan · to testH974
• watersמַיmayim · waterH4325
• of Meribahמְרִיבָהmerîybâh · MeribahH4809
• Selahסֶ֫לָהselâh · SelahH5542

Cross-references for Psalms 81:7

• Psalms 50:15Call upon Me in the day of trouble; I shall rescue you, and you will honor Me.”
• Psalms 91:14“Because he has loved Me, therefore I will deliver him; I will set him securely on high, because he has known My name.
• Exodus 2:23Now it came about in the course of those many days that the king of Egypt died. And the sons of Israel sighed because of the bondage, and they cried out; and their cry for help because of their bondage rose up to God.
• Exodus 14:10As Pharaoh drew near, the sons of Israel looked, and behold, the Egyptians were marching after them, and they became very frightened; so the sons of Israel cried out to the Lord.
• Exodus 17:2Therefore the people quarreled with Moses and said, “Give us water that we may drink.” And Moses said to them, “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?”
• Exodus 14:24At the morning watch, the Lord looked down on the army of the Egyptians through the pillar of fire and cloud and brought the army of the Egyptians into confusion.
• Exodus 19:19When the sound of the trumpet grew louder and louder, Moses spoke and God answered him with thunder.
• Exodus 20:18All the people perceived the thunder and the lightning flashes and the sound of the trumpet and the mountain smoking; and when the people saw it, they trembled and stood at a distance.
• Exodus 17:6Behold, I will stand before you there on the rock at Horeb; and you shall strike the rock, and water will come out of it, that the people may drink.” And Moses did so in the sight of the elders of Israel.
• Numbers 20:13Those were the waters of Meribah, because the sons of Israel contended with the Lord, and He proved Himself holy among them.
• Deuteronomy 33:8Of Levi he said, “Let Your Thummim and Your Urim belong to Your godly man, Whom You proved at Massah, With whom You contended 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