Psalms 81:5

     5. a testimony—The feasts, especially the passover, attested God's relation to His people.

      Joseph—for Israel (Ps 80:1).

      went out through—or, "over," that is, Israel in the exodus.

      I heard—change of person. The writer speaks for the nation.

      language—literally, "lip" (Ps 14:1). An aggravation or element of their distress that their oppressors were foreigners (De 28:49).

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