Verse List for PSA 81:7

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OET (OET-RV) In your distress you called out, and I helped you. ⇔ I answered you from a dark thundercloud. ⇔ I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Instrumental break.)

OET-LV [fn] in_trouble you _called _out and_I_rescued _you I_answered _you in_the_hiding _place _of thunder I_tested _you at the _waters _of Mərīⱱāh Şelāh.

ULT In distress you called, and I delivered you; ⇔  I answered you from the secret place of thunder. ⇔  I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

UST When they were suffering, they cried to me for help, and I rescued them. ⇔  At Mount Sinai, I spoke to them from dark clouds and gave them laws. ⇔ Then I saw whether they trusted me ⇔  when they complained at Meribah that they had no water. Selah

BSB & MSB You called out in distress, and I rescued you; ⇔  I answered you from the cloud of thunder; ⇔  I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[fn] Selah

OEB At your call of distress I delivered you, ⇔  from the thundercloud I answered you. ⇔  At Meribah’s waters I tested you. Selah

WEBBE & WMBB 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.

NET In your distress you called out and I rescued you. ⇔ I answered you from a dark thundercloud. ⇔ I tested you at the waters of Meribah. (Selah)

LSV In distress you have called and I deliver you,
I answer you in the secret place of thunder,
I try you by the waters of Meribah. Selah.

FBV In your suffering you cried out to me, and I saved you. I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[fn] Selah.

T4T When you were greatly distressed, you called out to me, and I rescued you; ⇔  I answered you out of a thundercloud. ⇔  Later I tested whether you would trust me to give you water when you were in the desert at Meribah.
⇔  (Think about that!)

LEB • In this[fn] trouble you called, and I rescued you.
• Within the secret place of thunder I answered you;
• I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah

BBE You gave a cry in your trouble, and I made you free; I gave you an answer in the secret place of the thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. (Selah.)

Moff at your cry of distress I rescued you, ⇔  I answered you from thunder-clouds, ⇔  I tested you at the waters of Merîbah.

JPS (81-8) Thou didst call in trouble, and I rescued thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah

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

DRA But you like men shall die: and shall fall like one of the princes.

YLT In distress thou hast called and I deliver thee, I answer thee in the secret place of thunder, I try thee by the waters of Meribah. Selah.

Drby 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.

RV Thou calledst in trouble, and I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah
(Thou/You called in trouble, and I answered thee/you in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee/you at the waters of Meribah. Selah)

SLT Thou calledst in straits, and I will deliver thee; I will answer thee in the hiding place of thunder. I will prove thee at the water of strife. Silence.

Wbstr 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.

KJB-1769 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.[fn]
(Thou/You called in trouble, and I delivered thee/you; I answered thee/you in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee/you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.)

KJB-1611 [fn]Thou calledst in trouble, and I deliuered thee, I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proued thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)

Bshps Thou calledst vpon me in troubles, and I deliuered thee: I hearde thee out of the middest of a thunder, I proued thee also at the waters of strife. Selah.
(Thou/You called upon me in troubles, and I delivered thee/you: I heard thee/you out of the midst of a thunder, I proved thee/you also at the waters of strife. Selah.)

Gnva Thou calledst in affliction and I deliuered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I prooued thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
(Thou/You called in affliction and I delivered thee/you, and answered thee/you in the secret of the thunder: I proved thee/you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.)

Cvdl Whe thou calldest vpon me in trouble, I helped the & herde the, what tyme as the storme fell vpo the,
(When thou/you called upon me in trouble, I helped the and herd/heard them, what time as the storm fell upon them,)

Wycl But ye schulen die as men; and ye schulen falle doun as oon of the princis.
(But ye/you_all should die as men; and ye/you_all should fall down as one of the princes.)

Luth da ich ihre Schulter von der Last entlediget hatte, und ihre Hände der Töpfe los wurden.
(there I their/her shoulder from the/of_the Last disposed_of had, and their/her hands the/of_the pots go/loose/off became.)

ClVg Vos autem sicut homines moriemini, et sicut unus de principibus cadetis.[fn]
(You(pl) however like people/men you_will_die, and like one from/about princes/leaders cadetis.)

UHB 8 בַּ⁠צָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָ⁠אֲחַ֫לְּצֶ֥⁠ךָּ אֶ֭עֶנְ⁠ךָ בְּ⁠סֵ֣תֶר רַ֑עַם אֶבְחָֽנְ⁠ךָ֨ עַל־מֵ֖י מְרִיבָ֣ה סֶֽלָה׃ ‡

BrLXX Ὑμεῖς δὲ ὡς ἄνθρωποι ἀποθνήσκετε, καὶ ὡς εἷς τῶν ἀρχόντων πίπτετε.

BrTr But ye die as men, and fall as one of the princes.