Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of
Jacob.
Psalms 81:1.-I. Invitation to keep joyfully the Passover feast
(Psalms 81:1), for it is a testimony to the fact that God delivered
Israel out of Egyptian bondage (Psalms 81:4). II. God urges Israel
therefore to serve Him... [ Continue Reading ]
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with
the psaltery.
TAKE A PSALM - `raise the psalm.'
AND BRING HITHER THE TIMBREL - literally, 'give' it. Or else, 'cause
it to give forth its sound' (Maurer).
WITH THE PSALTERY - or 'lyre;' Hebrew, naabel (H5035) (note, Psalms
33... [ Continue Reading ]
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our
solemn feast day. BLOW UP THE TRUMPET IN THE NEW MOON - i:e., on the
first of the month, in order to prepare for the celebration of the
Passover on the 14th of the month Nisan (Maurer). But Hengstenberg
better translates, 'Blow the... [ Continue Reading ]
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
FOR THIS WAS A STATUE FOR ISRAEL AND A LAW OF THE GOD OF JACOB.
"This" - i:e., the observance of the "solemn feast day." "A law" -
literally, 'a judgment:' so 'a right appertaining to lª- the God of
Jacob.' God, by having delivere... [ Continue Reading ]
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.
-The deliverance described on which God's claim on Israel and Israel's
duty are founded.
Verse 5. THIS HE ORDAINED IN JOSEPH - Hebrew, Jehoseph, as Jehonadab
is... [ Continue Reading ]
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou
wilt hearken unto me;
HEAR, O MY PEOPLE, AND I WILL TESTIFY UNTO THEE - answering to . The
fact that ye are "my people," called into being, redeemed, and
sustained by me, is the strongest reason why ye should "hear."
O ISRAEL,... [ Continue Reading ]
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any
strange god.
THERE SHALL NO STRANGE GOD BE IN THEE - i:e., 'let no strange god be
in thee,' or among you. There is a reference in this verse and to .... [ Continue Reading ]
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt:
open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.
I AM THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT -
strongest motive for obeying the command in , to have no strange god;
for none else except Yahweh was Israel's Deliver... [ Continue Reading ]
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of
me.
BUT MY PEOPLE WOULD NOT HEARKEN TO MY VOICE; AND ISRAEL WOULD NONE OF
ME. SO I GAVE THEM UP UNTO BUT MY PEOPLE WOULD NOT HEARKEN TO MY
VOICE; AND ISRAEL WOULD NONE OF ME. SO I GAVE THEM UP UNTO THEIR OWN
HEARTS' LUST. "Lust... [ Continue Reading ]
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my
ways!
-God still yearns over them, in spite of their perversity and its
penal consequence, waiting to be gracious.
Verse 13. OH THAT MY PEOPLE HAD HEARKENED UNTO ME, AND ISRAEL HAD
WALKED IN MY WAYS! - or rather, 'Oh that my pe... [ Continue Reading ]