Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
In Context
2Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Psalms 18:1I love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 33:1Rejoice in LORD, O ye righteous. Praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 46:11LORD of hosts is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man who did not make God his strength, but trusted in the abundance of his riches, and strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms 67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy. For thou will judge the peoples with equity, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:1
This psalm was penned, as is supposed, not upon occasion of any particular providence, but for the solemnity of a particular ordinance, either that of the new-moon in general or that of the feast of trumpets on the new moon of the seventh month, Lev. xxiii. 24 ; Num. xxix. 1 . When David, by the Spirit, introduced the singing of psalms into the temple-service this psalm was intended for that day, to excite and assist the proper devotions of it. All the psalms are profitable; but, if one psalm be more suitable than… Read the whole commentary →