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Psalms 81:8 — King James Version← Study notes

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;


Psalms 81:8Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 81:811 words
HebrewMeaning
בַּ/צָּרָ֥הbaṣārāh
in troublepronH6869
adversity · affliction · anguish · distress ···
קָרָ֗אתָqārāʾtā
you called outverbH7121
that are bidden · call (for · forth · self ···
וָ/אֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥/ךָּwāʾăḥaləṣekā
and I rescued youconjH2502
(go · ready) armed ( man · soldier) · deliver ···
אֶ֭עֶנְ/ךָʾeʿenəkā
I answered youverbH6030
afflict (by mistake for
בְּ/סֵ֣תֶרbəsēter
in the hiding place ofpronH5643
covering · covert · disguise · hiding place ···
רַ֑עַםraʿam
thundernounH7482
אֶבְחָֽנְ/ךָ֨ʾebəḥānəkā
I tested youverbH974
prove · tempt · try
עַלʿal
atpronH5921
according to · after · against · among ···
מֵ֖יmēy
the waters ofnounH4325
piss · water(-ing · (-course · -flood ···
מְרִיבָ֣הməriybāh
MeribahnounH4809
סֶֽלָהselāh
SelahparticleH5542
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 81:8

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…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 81 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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