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PSALM LXXXI
_An exhortation to the people to praise God for his_
_benefits_, 1-7;
_and to attend to what he had prescribed_, 8-10;
_their disobedience lamented_, 11;
_the miseries brought on them...
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SING ALOUD UNTO GOD OUR STRENGTH - The strength and support of the
nation; he from whom the nation has derived all its power. The word
rendered sing aloud means to rejoice; and then, to make or cause...
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Psalms 81
Hope Revived: His Gracious Return to Israel
_ 1. The blowing of the trumpet (Psalms 81:1)_
2. His loving call to His people (Psalms 81:6)
3. Gracious results promised (Psalms 81:13)
Hop...
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LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite.
A. PSALMS 81:1. A FESTAL HYMN, specially adapted for the old New
Year's Day or Feast of Trumpets (p. 104), which was held on the new
moon of Tishri, the sevent...
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TO THE CHIEF MUSICIAN. See App-64.
UPON GITTITH. relating to the (Art.) wine-press, or the autumn
Festival of Tabernacles; or to the vine and the vineyard, which are
the subjects of the Psalm. See Ap...
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_God our strength_ Cp. Exodus 15:2; Psalms 46:1....
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_An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. God challengeth that duty
by reason of his benefits. God, exhorting to obedience, complaineth of
their disobedience, which proverb their own hurt._
To the...
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PSALMS 81
DESCRIPTIVE TITLE
A Mission-Song, to be Sung to the Northern Tribes.
ANALYSIS
Stanza I., Psalms 81:1-5, A Festive Celebration Invoked; in which
People, Levites, and Priests can Recall th...
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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...
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81:1 Gittith. (k-7) See Psalms 8 ....
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After a summons to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Psalms 81:1)
this Ps. recalls the meaning of Israel's national festivals as
memorials of their deliverance from Egypt (Psalms 81:4). From Psalms...
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Psalms 73:89
_GORDON CHURCHYARD_
START THE MUSIC!
PSALMS 81
JESUS SAID, "CAN THE BRIDEGROOM’S FRIENDS BE SAD WHEN THE BRIDEGROOM
IS WITH THEM?" (MATTHEW 9: 15). (A bridegroom is a man getting
marr...
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לַ † מְנַצֵּ֬חַ ׀ עַֽל ־הַ גִּתִּ֬ית
לְ אָסָֽף׃ _[Psalms 81:2]_ הַ֭רְנִינוּ לֵ
אלֹהִ֣ים עוּזֵּ֑נוּ הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ
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Psalms 81:1
THE psalmist summons priests and people to a solemn festival,
commemorative of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, and sets forth the
lessons which that deliverance teaches, the learning of w...
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SING UNTO GOD, THE DELIVERER
Psalms 81:1
It is supposed that this psalm was composed for use at the great
Hebrew festivals and especially at the Passover, which is referred to
in Psalms 81:5; Psalms...
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This is a psalm for the Feast of Trumpets. In the calendar of the
Hebrews this feast prepared the way for the Day of Atonement and the
Feast of Tabernacles. The first day of the seventh month was the...
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"To the chief Musician upon (a) Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph." Sing (b)
aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of
Jacob.
(a) An instrument of music brought from Geth.
(b) It se...
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Asaph. Josaphat gave the like instructions to his judges, 2
Paralipomenon xix. 6. (Kimchi) (Calmet) --- God rejected the Jews in
the preceding psalm, and here the reason is assigned. (Theodoret) ---
C...
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CONTENTS
The Writer of this Psalm is calling upon Israel to bless the God of
Israel: and he proposeth the subject and points to the cause. The
Psalm concludes with lamenting the sad departures of Isr...
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1_Sing joyfully to God our strength. _This psalm, it is probable, was
appointed to be sung on the festival days on which the Jews kept their
solemn assemblies. In the exordium, there is set forth the...
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Psalms 81, while celebrating in figure the restoration of Israel,
again returns to historical ground, specially introducing Joseph, who
represents the ten tribes (see Ezekiel 37:16). Otherwise Judah,...
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SING ALOUD UNTO GOD OUR STRENGTH,.... The strength of Israel, who, by
strength of hand, and a mighty arm, brought Israel out of Egypt,
protected and upheld them in the wilderness, and brought them to,...
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Psalms 81:1 «To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph.
» Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God
of Jacob.
_Upon Gittith_] An instrument brought from Gath, or...
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_Sing aloud unto God our strength_ Our refuge and defence against all
our enemies. _Bring hither the timbrel_, &c. All which instruments
were then prescribed and used in their solemn meetings. _Blow u...
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Sing aloud unto God, our Strength, letting exultation sound forth in
His honor, to praise Him for His almighty protection; MAKE A JOYFUL
NOISE UNTO THE GOD OF JACOB, the only true God, Jacob represent...
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1-7 All the worship we can render to the Lord is beneath his
excellences, and our obligations to him, especially in our redemption
from sin and wrath. What God had done on Israel's behalf, was kept in...
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PSALM 81 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been made for the use
of the church in solemn feasts; particularly either upon every first
day of the month, or upon the first day of the seventh mouth,...
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Psalms 81:1 Musician H5329 (H8764) Gath H1665 Asaph H623 aloud H7442
(H8685) God H430 strength H5797 shout H7321 (H8685) God H430 Jacob
H3290
Sing - Psalms 67:4; Jeremiah 31:7
our strength - Psalms
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GITTITH
See title note;
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 8:1). _...
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We have here an exhortation to praise God; and this is always in
season. Perhaps we need more stirring up to praise than to prayer, yet
it ought to be as natural for us to praise God as it is for the...
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CONTENTS: God chides His people for their ingratitude and pictures
their happy state had they but obeyed Him.
CHARACTERS: God, Asaph, Joseph, Jacob.
CONCLUSION: God gives those up to their own heart...
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This psalm was composed for the festival of tabernacles, when the
people celebrated the deliverance from Egypt. It was a statute in
Israel on the first day of the Hebrew month of _Tisri,_ or the new
m...
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_Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of
Jacob._
A REVELATION OF THREE GREAT SUBJECTS
I. True worship (verses1-5)
1. True worship is the highest happiness, which consi...
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PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 81:1. This psalm resembles the OT
prophets’ oracles, so perhaps it is best to think of it as a
prophetic hymn. The primary function of the OT prophets is to
challenge God’s...
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INTRODUCTION
_Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician upon Gittith_.”
Gittith is explained in several ways. One interpretation is that it
was a musical instrument invented in Gath, or common among t...
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EXPOSITION
PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct
lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his theory of
Psalms 19:1, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 36:1, Psalms 55:1, P...
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Let's turn to Psalms 81:1-16.
On the first day of the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, which,
because their calendar begins, the religious calendar begins the first
of April, it usually coincides...
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Genesis 50:17; Jeremiah 31:7; Matthew 22:32; Philippians 4:13; Psalms
100:1; Psalms 100:2; Psalms 18:1; Psalms 18:2; Psalms 28:7; Psalms 33: