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Read Full Chapter (Psalms 81) Psalms 81:4-5 KJV
"For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 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 81:4-5 in Context (Verses 1–8 KJV)
1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.*
2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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.*
6
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.*
7
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.*
8
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;