Psalms 81:7-10
7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you.I answered you from a dark thundercloud. ▼
▼ Heb “I answered you in the hidden place of thunder.” This may allude to God’s self-revelation at Mount Sinai, where he appeared in a dark cloud accompanied by thunder (see Exod 19:16).
I tested you at the waters of Meribah. ▼
▼ The name Meribah means “strife.” Two separate but similar incidents at the place called Meribah are recorded in the Pentateuch (Exod 17:1–7; Num 20:1–13). In both cases the Israelites complained about lack of water and the Lord miraculously provided for them.
(Selah) 8 I said, ▼ ‘Listen, my people!
I will warn ▼
▼ Or perhaps “command.”
you! O Israel, if only you would obey me! ▼
▼ The Hebrew particle אִם (“if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (GKC 321 #109.b). Note that the apodosis (the “then” clause of the conditional sentence) is suppressed.
9 There must be ▼ no other ▼
▼ Heb “different”; “illicit.”
god among you. You must not worship a foreign god.
10 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!’
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