Psalms 81:4
2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- KJV
- For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
- WEB
- For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- ASV
- For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- DARBY
- For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob;
- BLB
- For it [is] a statute, O Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- ÅB
- For det er en lov for Israel, en rett for Jakobs Gud.
- OTB
- For det er en forskrift for Israel,
En befaling fra Jakobs Gud. - B1930
- For det er en lov for Israel, en rett for Jakobs Gud.