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He made it a statute[a] in Joseph
when he went out against the land of Egypt,
where I heard a language I did not know.[b]
“I removed his shoulder from a burden.
His hands were freed from the basket.
In this[c] 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

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:5 Hebrew “testimony” or “witness”
  2. Psalm 81:5 The meaning of this line is uncertain. The above is based on perhaps a similar thought in Psa 114:1
  3. Psalm 81:7 Hebrew “the”