“You (A)called in trouble and I rescued you;
I (B)answered you in the hiding place of thunder;
I proved you at the (C)waters of Meribah. [a]Selah.
(D)Hear, O My people, and I will [b]admonish you;
O Israel, if you (E)would listen to Me!
“Let there be no (F)strange god among you;
Nor shall you worship any foreign god.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:7 Selah may mean: Pause, Crescendo or Musical interlude
  2. Psalm 81:8 Or bear witness against

In your distress you called(A) and I rescued you,
    I answered(B) you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[a](C)
Hear me, my people,(D) and I will warn you—
    if you would only listen to me, Israel!
You shall have no foreign god(E) among you;
    you shall not worship any god other than me.

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.