Psalms 81:9-16

9 no strange god shall be in thee, neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10 I am the LORD thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt; open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11 But my people did not hearken to my voice, and Israel did not love me.

12 So I gave them up unto the hardness of their heart, and they walked in their own counsels.

13 Oh, if my people would hearken unto me and Israel would walk in my ways!

14 I would soon subdue their enemies and turn my hand against their adversaries.

15 The haters of the LORD would have submitted themselves unto him, and their time would endure for ever.

16 And God would have fed them also the finest of the wheat, and with honey out of the rock I would have satisfied thee.

Psalms 81:9-16 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."