Psalms 81:7-8
Psalms 81:7-8 English Standard Version 2016 (ESV)
In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah Hear, O my people, while I admonish you! O Israel, if you would but listen to me!
Psalms 81:6-10 The Message (MSG)
“I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor. You called to me in your pain; I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain. “Listen, dear ones—get this straight; O Israel, don’t take this lightly. Don’t take up with strange gods, don’t worship the popular gods. I’m GOD, your God, the very God who rescued you from doom in Egypt, Then fed you all you could eat, filled your hungry stomachs.
Psalms 81:7-8 King James Version (KJV)
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. Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me
Psalms 81:7-8 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)
You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
Psalms 81:7-8 New Century Version (NCV)
When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah My people, listen. I am warning you. Israel, please listen to me!
Psalms 81:7-8 American Standard Version (ASV)
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 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wouldest hearken unto me!
Psalms 81:7-8 New International Version (NIV)
In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Hear me, my people, and I will warn you— if you would only listen to me, Israel!
Psalms 81:7-8 New King James Version (NKJV)
You called in trouble, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah “Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you! O Israel, if you will listen to Me!
Psalms 81:7-8 Amplified Bible (AMP)
You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you— O Israel, if you would listen to Me!
Psalms 81:7-8 New Living Translation (NLT)
You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude “Listen to me, O my people, while I give you stern warnings. O Israel, if you would only listen to me!
Psalms 81:7-8 The Passion Translation (TPT)
You called out to me in your time of trouble, and I rescued you. I came down from the realm of the secret place of thunder, where mysteries hide. I came down to save you. I tested your hearts at the place where there was no water to drink, the place of your bitter argument with me.” Pause in his presence “Listen to me, my dear people. For I’m warning you, and you’d better listen well! For I hold something against you.