Salmos 81:1-8

1 Cantad con gozo a Dios, fortaleza nuestra; aclamad con júbilo al Dios de Jacob.

2 Entonad canto de alabanza, y tocad el pandero, la melodiosa lira con el arpa.

3 Tocad la trompeta en la luna nueva, en la luna llena, en el día de nuestra fiesta.

4 Porque es estatuto para Israel, ordenanza del Dios de Jacob.

5 El lo estableció por testimonio en José, cuando salió sobre la tierra de Egipto. Un lenguaje que yo no conocía, oí:

6 Yo libré su hombro de la carga, sus manos se libraron de las canastas.

7 En la angustia llamaste, y yo te rescaté; te respondí en el escondite del trueno; en las aguas de Meriba te probé. (Selah)

8 Oye, pueblo mío, y te amonestaré. ¡Oh Israel, si tú me oyeras!

Salmos 81:1-8 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."