Psalms 81:7 meaning and explanation

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. Selah

Psalms 81:7, Berean Standard Bible

Explanation preview

Psalm 81 is a festival song of Asaph, and in verse 7 God himself is speaking, recalling Israel's exodus from Egypt. He reminds the people that when they cried out in distress he rescued them, answered them from the thundercloud at Sinai, and tested them at Meribah, the spring where the people quarreled with Moses over water (Exodus 17).

Read and study this verse. Three complete study layers are included with Premium.

Read this verse in the app