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Psalm 81:2-12

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2 Raise a song, strike 1the timbrel, The sweet sounding 2lyre with the 3harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the 4new moon, At the full moon, on our 5feast 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 6went throughout the land of Egypt. I heard a 7language that I did not know:
6 "I 8relieved his shoulder of the burden, His hands were freed from the basket.
7 "You 9called in trouble and I rescued you; I 10answered you in the hiding place of thunder; I proved you at the 11waters of Meribah. Selah.
8 "12Hear, O My people, and I will admonish you; O Israel, if you 13would listen to Me!
9 "Let there be no 14strange god among you; Nor shall you worship any foreign god.
10 "15I, the LORD, am your God, Who brought you up from the land of Egypt; 16Open your mouth wide and I will 17fill it.
11 "But My people 18did not listen to My voice, And Israel did not obey Me.
12 "So I 19gave them over to the stubbornness of their heart, To walk in their own devices.
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Psalm 81:2-12 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 19

  • 1. Exodus 15:20; Psalms 149:3
  • 2. Psalms 92:3; Psalms 98:5; Psalms 147:7
  • 3. Psalms 108:2; Psalms 144:9
  • 4. Numbers 10:10
  • 5. Leviticus 23:24
  • 6. Exodus 11:4
  • 7. Deuteronomy 28:49; Psalms 114:1; Jeremiah 5:15
  • 8. Isaiah 9:4; Isaiah 10:27
  • 9. Exodus 2:23; Exodus 14:10; Psalms 50:15
  • 10. Exodus 19:19; Exodus 20:18
  • 11. Exodus 17:6, 7; Numbers 20:13; Psalms 95:8
  • 12. Psalms 50:7
  • 13. Psalms 95:7
  • 14. Exodus 20:3; Deuteronomy 5:7; Deuteronomy 32:12; Psalms 44:20; Isaiah 43:12
  • 15. Exodus 20:2; Deuteronomy 5:6
  • 16. Job 29:23
  • 17. Psalms 37:4; Psalms 78:25; Psalms 107:9
  • 18. Deuteronomy 32:15; Psalms 106:25
  • 19. Job 8:4; Acts 7:42; Romans 1:24, 26

Footnotes 7

  • [a] Lit "went out over"
  • [b] Lit "removed his shoulder from"
  • [c] Or "brick load"
  • [d] "Selah" may mean: "Pause, Crescendo" or "Musical interlude"
  • [e] Or "bear witness against"
  • [f] Lit "yield to"
  • [g] Lit "him"
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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