Psalms 81:4
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5 This 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.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
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.