Chapter 81
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
A. M. 3489. B.C. 515. (Title.) Gittith
8:1 *title
A Psalm
Some suppose this Psalm to have been composed to be sung at the feast of Trumpets, before the time of David; and others think it was written at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion; but the most probable opinion is, that it was sung at the dedication of the second temple.
of Asaph
or, for Asaph.
Sing
our strength
18:1,2 28:7 52:7 Philippians 4:13
make
the God
46:11 Genesis 50:17 Matthew 22:32
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
92:3 95:1,2 149:1-3 Mark 14:26 Ephesians 5:19 Colossians 3:16 James 5:13
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Blow
98:6 Numbers 10:1-9 1 Chronicles 15:24 16:6,42 2 Chronicles 5:12 13:12,14
new
Leviticus 23:24,25 Numbers 10:10 28:11 2 Kings 4:23 Colossians 2:16
solemn
Numbers 15:3 Deuteronomy 16:15 2 Chronicles 2:4 8:13 Lamentations 2:6 Nahum 1:15
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.
in Joseph
for a
78:6 Exodus 13:8,9,14-16 Deuteronomy 4:45 Ezekiel 20:20
through
or, against.
where
114:1 Deuteronomy 28:49 Isaiah 28:11 Jeremiah 5:15 1 Corinthians 14:21,22
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
I removed
Exodus 1:14 6:6 Isaiah 9:4 10:27 Matthew 11:29
were delivered
Heb. passed away. from the pots.
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
calledst
50:15 91:14,15 Exodus 2:23 14:10,30,31 17:2-7
secret
proved
Exodus 17:6,7 Numbers 20:13,24 Deuteronomy 33:8
Meribah
or, strife.
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
Hear
50:7 Deuteronomy 32:46 Isaiah 55:3,4 John 3:11,32,33 Acts 20:21 1 John 5:9
if thou wilt
13 Exodus 15:26 Deuteronomy 5:27 Isaiah 1:19
There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
There shall
Exodus 20:3-5 1 Corinthians 8:5,6
strange
Deuteronomy 6:14 32:12 Isaiah 43:12 Malachi 2:11
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
Exodus 20:2 Jeremiah 11:4 31:31-33
open
37:3,4 John 7:37 15:7 16:23 Ephesians 3:19,20 Revelation 21:6 22:17
But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.
people
106:12,13 Jeremiah 2:11-13 7:23,24 Zechariah 7:11
would none
Exodus 32:1 Deuteronomy 32:15,18 Proverbs 1:30 Hebrews 10:29
So I gave them up unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.
I gave
Genesis 6:3 Acts 7:42 14:16 Romans 1:24,26,27 2 Thessalonians 2:9-11
their own hearts' lust
or, the hardness of their hearts, or imaginations. they walked.
Exodus 11:9 Isaiah 30:1 Jeremiah 7:24 44:16,17
Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!
Oh that
Deuteronomy 5:29 10:12,13 32:29 Isaiah 48:18 Matthew 23:37 Luke 19:41,42
I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.
I should
Numbers 14:9,45 Joshua 23:13 Judges 2:20-23
turned
The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.
The haters
18:45 83:2-18 Exodus 20:5 Deuteronomy 7:10 John 15:22,23 Romans 1:30 8:7
submitted themselves
or yielded feigned obedience. Heb. lied.
time
He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.
fed
147:14 Deuteronomy 32:13,14 Joel 2:24
finest of the wheat
Heb. fat of wheat. honey.