Psalm 81:5 - Easy To Read Version God made this Agreement with Joseph {\cf2\super [467]} \par when God took him out of Egypt.\par In Egypt we heard that language\par we didn’t understand.\par Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 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. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition This He ordained in Joseph [the savior] for a testimony when He went out over the land of Egypt. The speech of One Whom I knew not did I hear [saying], American Standard Version (1901) He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony, When he went out over the land of Egypt, Where I heard a language that I knew not. Common English Bible He made it a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, when I heard a language I did not yet know: Catholic Public Domain Version They did not know and did not understand. They wander in darkness. All the foundations of the earth will be moved. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version They have not known nor understood: they walk on in darkness: all the foundations of the earth shall be moved. |
With your power you saved your people.\par You saved the descendants {\cf2\super [437]} of Jacob and Joseph.\par \i (SELAH {\cf2\super [438]})\i0 \par
New children will be born.\par They will grow to become adults.\par And they will tell the stories\par to their children.\par In this is the way, people will know\par the Law, even to the last generation.\par
Moses said {to the people}, “The Lord says, ‘At midnight tonight, I will go through Egypt,
“Tonight I will go through Egypt and kill every firstborn [65] man and animal in Egypt. In this way, I will judge all the gods of Egypt. I {will show that I} am the Lord.
you will say, ‘This Passover is to honor the Lord. Why? Because when we were in Egypt, the Lord passed over [74] the houses of Israel. The Lord killed the Egyptians, but he saved the people in our houses. So now the people bow down and worship the Lord.’”
At midnight, the Lord killed all the firstborn sons in Egypt, from the firstborn son of Pharaoh (who ruled Egypt) to the firstborn son of the prisoner sitting in jail. Also all the firstborn animals died.
The Lord will use this strange way of talking and he will use other languages to speak to these people.
Family of Israel, this message\par is from the Lord,\par “I will soon bring a nation from far away\par to attack you.\par It is an old nation.\par It is an ancient nation.\par The people of that nation speak a language\par that you don’t know.\par You can’t understand what they say.\par
Show that my days of rest are important to you. Remember, they are a special sign between me and you. I am the Lord. And those holidays show you that I am your God.”
You drink wine in fancy cups. {\cf2\super [79]} \par You use the best perfumes.\par And you are not even upset that Joseph’s family is being destroyed.\par
“The Lord will bring a nation from far away to fight you. You will not understand their language. They will come quickly, like an eagle coming down from the sky.
Moses gave these teachings, laws, and rules to the people after they came out of Egypt.