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 81:5 in other translations
| BSB | He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language: |
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| 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. |
| YLT | A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known--I hear. |
| 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. |
| BBE | He gave it to Joseph as a witness, when he went out over the land of Egypt; then the words of a strange tongue were sounding in my ears. |
| Webster | 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. |
What does Psalms 81:5 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
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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 81:5 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Psalms 81:5
- Jeremiah 5:15
Lo, I will bring a nation upon you from far, O house of Israel, saith the Lord: it is a mighty nation, it is an ancient nation, a nation whose language thou knowest not, neither understandest what they say.
- Deuteronomy 28:49
The Lord shall bring a nation against thee from far, from the end of the earth, as swift as the eagle flieth; a nation whose tongue thou shalt not understand;
- Psalms 114:1
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
- 1 Corinthians 14:21-22
In the law it is written, With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people; and yet for all that will they not hear me, saith the Lord. Wherefore tongues are for a sign, not to them that believe, but to them that believe not: but prophesying serveth not for them that believe not, but for them which believe.
- Isaiah 28:11
For with stammering lips and another tongue will he speak to this people.
- Psalms 77:15
Thou hast with thine arm redeemed thy people, the sons of Jacob and Joseph. Selah.
- Exodus 11:4
And Moses said, Thus saith the Lord, About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt:
- Exodus 13:8-9
And thou shalt shew thy son in that day, saying, This is done because of that which the Lord did unto me when I came forth out of Egypt. And it shall be for a sign unto thee upon thine hand, and for a memorial between thine eyes, that the Lord’s law may be in thy mouth: for with a strong hand hath the Lord brought thee out of Egypt.
- Exodus 12:27
That ye shall say, It is the sacrifice of the Lord’s passover, who passed over the houses of the children of Israel in Egypt, when he smote the Egyptians, and delivered our houses. And the people bowed the head and worshipped.
- Exodus 12:12
For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the Lord.
- Ezekiel 20:20
And hallow my sabbaths; and they shall be a sign between me and you, that ye may know that I am the Lord your God.
- Amos 6:6
That drink wine in bowls, and anoint themselves with the chief ointments: but they are not grieved for the affliction of Joseph.
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Context
- 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 81:6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
Psalms 81:5 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Por testimonio en José lo ha constituído, cuando salió por la tierra de Egipto; donde oí lenguaje que no entendía. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Car c’est un statut pour Israël, une ordonnance du Dieu de Jacob: |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | Er setzte es ein als ein Zeugnis in Joseph, als er auszog gegen das Land Ägypten, wo ich eine Sprache hörte, die ich nicht kannte. |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Nescierunt, neque intellexerunt; in tenebris ambulant: movebuntur omnia fundamenta terræ. |