Psalms 81:4
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Psalms 81:4 in other translations
| BSB | For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. |
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| 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. |
| YLT | For a statute to Israel it is, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. |
| DARBY | For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob; |
| BBE | For this is a rule for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. |
| Webster | For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. |
What does Psalms 81:4 mean?
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Psalms 81:1-7
All the worship we can render to the Lord is beneath his excellences, and our obligations to him, especially in our redemption from sin and wrath. What God had done on Israel's behalf, was kept in remembrance by public solemnities. To make a deliverance appear more gracious, more glorious, it is good to observe all that makes the trouble we are delivered from appear more grievous. We ought never to forget the base…
Psalms 81:4 in the original Hebrew
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Context
- Psalms 81:3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
- Psalms 81:4
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
- Psalms 81:5
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.
Psalms 81:4 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Porque estatuto es de Israel, ordenanza del Dios de Jacob. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Sonnez de la trompette à la nouvelle lune, au temps fixé, au jour de notre fête; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Denn eine Satzung für Israel ist es, eine Verordnung des Gottes Jakobs. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Eripite pauperem, et egenum de manu peccatoris liberate. |