Psalms 81:4

81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

KJV

For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

81:5 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. through: or, against

What does Psalms 81:4 mean?

Psalms 81:4 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include חֹק (chôq), יִשְׂרָאֵל (Yisrâʼêl), מִשְׁפָּט (mishpâṭ).

Hebrew interlinear

For

this

was

statuteחֹקchôq/khoke/H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)

for

Israel,יִשְׂרָאֵלYisrâʼêl/yis-raw-ale'/H3478Jisrael, a symbolical name of Jacob; also (typically) of his posterity

and

lawמִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ/mish-pawt'/H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

the

Godאֱלֹהִיםʼĕlôhîym/el-o-heem'/H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative

Jacob.יַעֲקֹבYaʻăqôb/yah-ak-obe'/H3290Jaakob, the Israelitish patriarch

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:4.

Exodus 15:25

And he cried unto the LORD; and the LORD shewed him a tree, which when he had cast into the waters, the waters were made sweet: there he made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there he proved them,

Leviticus 26:46

These are the statutes and judgments and laws, which the LORD made between him and the children of Israel in mount Sinai by the hand of Moses.

Frequently asked questions

What does Psalms 81:4 say?

Psalms 81:4 (King James Version) reads: "For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob."

Is Psalms 81:4 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:4 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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