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Psalm 81:7 KJV
Psalms · chapter 81 · verse 7
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.Psalm 81:7 · King James Version
Psalm 81:7 in context
5This 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.
6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7Thou 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.
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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Key words (Strong's)
- deliveredchâlatsto pull offH2502 →
- calledstqârâʼto call out toH7121 →
- answeredʻânâhproperly, to eye or to heedH6030 →
- troubletsârâhtightnessH6869 →
- thunderraʻama peal of thunderH7482 →
- MeribahMᵉrîybâhMeribah, the name of two places in the DesertH4809 →
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When the people of God were gathered together in the solemn day, the day of the feast of the Lord, they must be told that they had business to do, for we do not go to church to sleep nor to be idle; no, there is that which the duty of every day requires, work of the day, which is to be done in its day. And here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7