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Psalm 81:8-10
New Catholic Bible
Psalm 81:8-10
New Catholic Bible
8 When you cried out to me in distress, I rescued you;[a]
from the thunderclouds I answered you;
I tested you at the waters of Meribah: Selah
9 “ ‘Listen to me, O my people, while I warn you.
O Israel, if only you would listen to me!
10 You must not accept a foreign god in your presence;
you must not bow down to an alien deity.
Footnotes
- Psalm 81:8 When you cried out . . . I rescued you: see Ex 3:7-10; see also Ps 106:9; Ex 14:21, 24; 15:8, 10. From the thunderclouds: allusion to the theophany at Sinai (see Ex 19:16ff). I tested you . . . Meribah: see Ps 95:8; Ex 17:1-7.