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.