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Psalms 81

Introduction

1  An exhortation to a solemn praising of God.
4  God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits.
8  God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt.
Verse 1

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
67:4, Jeremiah 31:7
our strength
18:1,2, 28:7, 52:7, Philippians 4:13
make
33:1-3, 46:1-7, 66:1, 100:1,2
the God
46:11, Genesis 50:17, Matthew 22:32
Verse 2

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
Verse 3

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
Verse 5

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
77:15, 80:1,2, Amos 6:6
for a
78:6, Exodus 13:8,9,14-16, Deuteronomy 4:45, Ezekiel 20:20
through
or, against.
Exodus 12:12,27,29
where
114:1, Deuteronomy 28:49, Isaiah 28:11, Jeremiah 5:15, 1 Corinthians 14:21,22
Verse 6

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.
68:13
Verse 7

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
Exodus 14:24, 19:19, 20:18-21
proved
Exodus 17:6,7, Numbers 20:13,24, Deuteronomy 33:8
Meribah
or, strife.
Verse 8

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
Verse 9

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
Verse 10

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
Verse 11

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
Verse 12

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
Verse 13

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
Verse 14

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
Amos 1:8, Zechariah 13:7
Verse 15

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.
18:44, 63:3; *marg:
time
102:28, Isaiah 65:22, Joel 3:20
Verse 16

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.
Judges 14:8,9,18, 1 Samuel 14:25,26, Job 29:6

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