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Psalms 81:7

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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.

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Egypt was the land of Israel’s slavery, from which God delivered them. Meribah, likely the wilderness site where Israel quarreled and tested God over water, recalls both God’s provision and Israel’s unbelief as He speaks of having tested them there.

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Psalms 81:7 mentions Egypt and Meribah.

Egypt · Ricardo Liberato

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