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Psalm 81:7
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KJ21
Thou called in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder. I tested 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
AMP
“You called in [the time of] trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
AMPC
You called in distress and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah [pause, and calmly think of that]!
BRG
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.
CSB
You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah.Selah
CSBA
You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the Waters of Meribah. Selah
CEB
In distress you cried out, so I rescued you. I answered you in the secret of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
CJB
“I lifted the load from his shoulder; his hands were freed from the [laborer’s] basket.
CEV
When you were in trouble, I rescued you, and from the thunderclouds, I answered your prayers. Later I tested you at Meribah Spring.
DARBY
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.
ERV
When you were in trouble, you called for help, and I set you free. I was hidden in the storm clouds, and I answered you. I tested you by the water at Meribah.” Selah
EASY
When you had trouble, you called to me for help and I made you safe. I answered your prayers from the middle of the dark storm. I tested you at Meribah, when you had no water in the wilderness. Selah.
EHV
In distress you called and I rescued you. I answered you from the hiding place of thunder. Interlude I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
ESV
In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
ESVUK
In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
EXB
When you were in ·trouble [distress], you called, and I ·saved [rescued] you. I answered you ·with thunder [L in the secret place of thunder; Ex. 19:18–19]. I tested you at the waters of Meribah [95:8; 106:32; Ex. 17:1–17; Num. 20:1–13]. ·Selah [Interlude]
GNV
Thou calledst in affliction, and I delivered thee, and answered thee in the secret of the thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
GW
When you were in trouble, you called out ⌞to me⌟, and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your ⌞loyalty⌟ at the oasis of Meribah. Selah
GNT
When you were in trouble, you called to me, and I saved you. From my hiding place in the storm, I answered you. I put you to the test at the springs of Meribah.
HCSB
You called out in distress, and I rescued you; I answered you from the thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
ICB
When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
ISV
In a time of need you called out and I delivered you; I answered you from the dark thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Interlude
JUB
Thou didst call in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder; I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
KJV
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.
AKJV
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.
LSB
You called in distress and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
LEB
In this 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
TLB
He said, “You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered from Mount Sinai where the thunder hides. I tested your faith at Meribah, when you complained there was no water.
MSG
“I took the world off your shoulders, freed you from a life of hard labor. You called to me in your pain; I got you out of a bad place. I answered you from where the thunder hides, I proved you at Meribah Fountain.
MEV
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
NOG
When you were in trouble, you called out to me, and I rescued you. I was hidden in thunder, but I answered you. I tested your loyalty at the oasis of Meribah. Selah
NABRE
I heard a tongue I did not know: “I removed his shoulder from the burden; his hands moved away from the basket.
NASB
You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I put you to the test at the waters of Meribah. Selah
NASB1995
“You called in trouble and I rescued you; I answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
NCB
“I lifted the burden from their shoulders; their hands put aside the laborer’s basket.
NCV
When you were in trouble, you called, and I saved you. I answered you with 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)
NIRV
You called out when you were in trouble, and I saved you. I answered you out of a thundercloud. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
NIV
In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
NIVUK
In your distress you called and I rescued you, I answered you out of a thundercloud; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
NKJV
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
NLV
You called in your trouble, and I took you out of it. I answered you in the hiding place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.
NLT
You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. Interlude
NRSVA
In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
NRSVACE
In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
NRSVCE
In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah.Selah
NRSVUE
In distress you called, and I rescued you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah
OJB
In tzoros thou calledst, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the seter ra’am (secret place of thunder); I tested thee at the waters of Merivah. Selah.
RGT
“You called in affliction and I delivered you, answered you in the secret of the thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
RSV
In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Mer′ibah.Selah
RSVCE
In distress you called, and I delivered you; I answered you in the secret place of thunder; I tested you at the waters of Mer′ibah.Selah
TLV
“I relieved his shoulder of the burden, his hands were set free from the basket.
VOICE
You cried out to Me, I heard your distress, and I delivered you; I answered you from the secret place, where clouds of thunder roll. I tested you at the waters of Meribah. [pause]
WEB
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.
WYC
In tribulation thou inwardly calledest me, and I delivered thee; I heard thee in the hid place of tempest, I proved thee at the water(s) of against-saying. (In trouble thou calledest to me, and I saved thee; I answered thee from my hidden place in the tempest, and I proved thee at the waters of Meribah.)
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.
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