Psalms 81:5
3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.
4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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.
7 You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the cloud of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:
- KJV
- 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.
- WEB
- He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know.
- ASV
- He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, [Where] I heard a language that I knew not.
- DARBY
- He ordained it in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went forth over the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language that I knew not.
- BLB
- [As] a testimony He established it in Joseph, in His going forth over the land of Egypt. I heard a language [that] I did not know:
- ÅB
- Han satte det til et vitnesbyrd i Josef da han[^3] dro ut gjennom Egypt. - Jeg hørte en røst som jeg ikke kjente:[^4]
- OTB
- Han satte det opp som et vitnesbyrd i Josef,
Da han dro gjennom Egyptens land;
Jeg hørte et språk som var ukjent for meg: - B1930
- Han satte det til et vidnesbyrd i Josef da han drog ut gjennem Egyptens land. - Jeg hørte en røst som jeg ikke kjente: / < d.e. Josef.> / < 5MO 4, 33 fg. 5, 22 fg.>
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 5:15
Behold, I am bringing a distant nation against you, O house of Israel,” declares the LORD. “It is an established nation, an ancient nation, a nation whose language you do not know and whose speech you do not understand.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 28:49
The LORD will bring a nation from afar, from the ends of the earth, to swoop down upon you like an eagle—a nation whose language you will not understand,
Read in contextPsalms 114:1
When Israel departed from Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of foreign tongue,
Read in context1 Corinthians 14:21–22
It is written in the Law: “By strange tongues and foreign lips I will speak to this people, but even then they will not listen to Me, says the Lord.”
Read in contextIsaiah 28:11
Indeed, with mocking lips and foreign tongues, He will speak to this people
Read in contextPsalms 77:15
With power You redeemed Your people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah
Read in contextExodus 11:4
So Moses declared, “This is what the LORD says: ‘About midnight I will go throughout Egypt,
Read in contextExodus 13:8–9
And on that day you are to explain to your son, ‘This is because of what the LORD did for me when I came out of Egypt.’
Read in context