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Psalm 81:1-7

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God's Goodness and Israel's Waywardness.

1 1Sing for joy to God our 2strength; Shout 3joyfully to the 4God of Jacob.
2 Raise a song, strike 5the timbrel, The sweet sounding 6lyre with the 7harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the 8new moon, At the full moon, on our 9feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
5 He established it for a testimony in Joseph When he 10went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a 11language that I did not know:
6 "I 12relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
7 "You 13called in trouble and I rescued you; I 14answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the 15waters of Meribah. Selah.
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Psalm 81:1-7 Meaning and Commentary

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A [Psalm] of Asaph. Of "gittith," See Gill on "Ps 8:1." The Targum renders it, "upon the harp which came from Gath;" and so Jarchi says it was a musical instrument that came from Gath. The Septuagint, and the versions which follow that, render it, "for the winepresses." This psalm, according to Kimchi, is said concerning the going out of the children of Israel from Egypt; and was composed in order to be sung at their new moons and solemn feasts, which were typical of Gospel things in Gospel times; see Colossians 2:16 and so the Syriac version, "a psalm of Asaph, when David by him prepared himself for the solemnities."
Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
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Cross References 15

  • 1. Psalms 51:14; Psalms 59:16; Psalms 95:1
  • 2. Psalms 46:1
  • 3. Psalms 66:1; Psalms 95:2; Psalms 98:4
  • 4. Psalms 84:8
  • 5. Exodus 15:20; Psalms 149:3
  • 6. Psalms 92:3; Psalms 98:5; Psalms 147:7
  • 7. Psalms 108:2; Psalms 144:9
  • 8. Numbers 10:10
  • 9. Leviticus 23:24
  • 10. Exodus 11:4
  • 11. Deuteronomy 28:49; Psalms 114:1; Jeremiah 5:15
  • 12. Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:27
  • 13. Exodus 2:23; Exodus 14:10; Psalms 50:15
  • 14. Exodus 19:19; Exodus 20:18
  • 15. Exodus 17:6, 7; Numbers 20:13; Psalms 95:8

Footnotes 4

  • [a] Lit "went out over"
  • [b] Lit "removed his shoulder from"
  • [c] Or "brick load"
  • [d] "Selah" may mean: "Pause, Crescendo" or "Musical interlude"
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. www.Lockman.org

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