When God went out against Egypt,(A)
    he established it as a statute for Joseph.

I heard an unknown voice say:(B)

“I removed the burden(C) from their shoulders;(D)
    their hands were set free from the basket.
In your distress you called(E) and I rescued you,
    I answered(F) you out of a thundercloud;
    I tested you at the waters of Meribah.[a](G)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 81:7 The Hebrew has Selah (a word of uncertain meaning) here.

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.

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

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.

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