NET Bible
"In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.(Selah)"
— Psalms 81:7, NET Bible
“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.”
“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”
“You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah." Selah.”
“But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.”
“You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)”
“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.”
For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.
He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph, when he attacked the land of Egypt. I heard a voice I did not recognize.
It said:“I removed the burden from his shoulder; his hands were released from holding the basket.
In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.(Selah)
I said,‘Listen, my people! I will warn you! O Israel, if only you would obey me!
There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
I am the LORD, your God, the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt. Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’