“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.”
The focus shifts to historical memory: "He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a voice I had not known." The transition to first-person singular speech suggests that a prophet or priestly speaker now introduces God's direct speech to the people. The voice that had not been previously known will now speak to convey God's will.
Church Fathers on Psalms 81:5
1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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