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Selected Verse: Psalms 81:7 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Ps 81:7 |
Strong Concordance |
Thou calledst [07121] in trouble [06869], and I delivered [02502] thee; I answered [06030] thee in the secret place [05643] of thunder [07482]: I proved [0974] thee at the waters [04325] of Meribah [04809]. Selah [05542]. |
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King James |
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. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
secret place--the cloud from which He troubled the Egyptians (Exo 14:24).
proved thee-- (Psa 7:10; Psa 17:3) --tested their faith by the miracle. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
Thou calledst in trouble - The people of Israel. Exo 2:23; Exo 3:9; Exo 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 Exo 19:17-19. The meaning is, that he gave a response - a real reply - to their prayer - amid the solemn scenes of Sinai, when he gave them his law; when he recognized them as his people; when he entered into covenant with them.
I proved thee - I tried you; I tested your fidelity.
At the waters of Meribah - Margin, as in Hebrew, strife. This was at Mount Horeb. Exo 17:5-7. The trial - the proof - consisted in his bringing water from the rock, showing that he was God - that he was their God. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| Calledst - At the Red Sea. Secret place - From the dark and cloudy pillar, whence I thundered against the Egyptians. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
Thou 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 Exo 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, Exo 17:1 (note), etc. |
3 Thou hast proved [0974] mine heart [03820]; thou hast visited [06485] me in the night [03915]; thou hast tried [06884] me, and shalt find [04672] nothing; I am purposed [02161] that my mouth [06310] shall not transgress [05674].
10 My defence [04043] is of God [0430], which saveth [03467] the upright [03477] in heart [03820].
24 And it came to pass, that in the morning [01242] watch [0821] the LORD [03068] looked [08259] unto the host [04264] of the Egyptians [04714] through the pillar [05982] of fire [0784] and of the cloud [06051], and troubled [02000] the host [04264] of the Egyptians [04714],
5 And the LORD [03068] said [0559] unto Moses [04872], Go on [05674] before [06440] the people [05971], and take [03947] with thee of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478]; and thy rod [04294], wherewith thou smotest [05221] the river [02975], take [03947] in thine hand [03027], and go [01980].
6 Behold, I will stand [05975] before [06440] thee there upon the rock [06697] in Horeb [02722]; and thou shalt smite [05221] the rock [06697], and there shall come [03318] water [04325] out of it, that the people [05971] may drink [08354]. And Moses [04872] did [06213] so in the sight [05869] of the elders [02205] of Israel [03478].
7 And he called [07121] the name [08034] of the place [04725] Massah [04532], and Meribah [04809], because of the chiding [07379] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478], and because they tempted [05254] the LORD [03068], saying [0559], Is [03426] the LORD [03068] among [07130] us, or not?
17 And Moses [04872] brought forth [03318] the people [05971] out of the camp [04264] to meet [07125] with God [0430]; and they stood [03320] at the nether [08482] part of the mount [02022].
18 And mount [02022] Sinai [05514] was altogether on a smoke [06225], because [06440] [0834] the LORD [03068] descended [03381] upon it in fire [0784]: and the smoke [06227] thereof ascended [05927] as the smoke [06227] of a furnace [03536], and the whole mount [02022] quaked [02729] greatly [03966].
19 And when the voice [06963] of the trumpet [07782] sounded [06963] long [01980], and waxed louder [02390] and louder [03966], Moses [04872] spake [01696], and God [0430] answered [06030] him by a voice [06963].
10 And when Pharaoh [06547] drew nigh [07126], the children [01121] of Israel [03478] lifted up [05375] their eyes [05869], and, behold, the Egyptians [04714] marched [05265] after [0310] them; and they were sore [03966] afraid [03372]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] cried out [06817] unto the LORD [03068].
9 Now therefore, behold, the cry [06818] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] is come [0935] unto me: and I have also seen [07200] the oppression [03906] wherewith the Egyptians [04714] oppress [03905] them.
23 And it came to pass in process [01992] [07227] of time [03117], that the king [04428] of Egypt [04714] died [04191]: and the children [01121] of Israel [03478] sighed [0584] by reason of [04480] the bondage [05656], and they cried [02199], and their cry [07775] came up [05927] unto God [0430] by reason of the bondage [05656].
1 And all the congregation [05712] of the children [01121] of Israel [03478] journeyed [05265] from the wilderness [04057] of Sin [05512], after their journeys [04550], according to the commandment [06310] of the LORD [03068], and pitched [02583] in Rephidim [07508]: and there was no water [04325] for the people [05971] to drink [08354].
7 And the LORD [03068] said [0559], I have surely [07200] seen [07200] the affliction [06040] of my people [05971] which are in Egypt [04714], and have heard [08085] their cry [06818] by reason [06440] of their taskmasters [05065]; for I know [03045] their sorrows [04341];