Psalms 81:1
To the chief music-maker; put to the Gittith. Of Asaph.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
In Context
2\81:1\Make a song to God our strength: make a glad cry to the God of Jacob.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Psalms 18:1To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord, of David, who said the words of this song to the Lord on the day when the Lord made him free from the hand of all his haters, and from the hand of Saul; and he said,
Psalms 33:1Be glad in the Lord, O doers of righteousness; for praise is beautiful for the upright.
Psalms 46:11\46:10\Be at peace in the knowledge that I am God: I will be lifted up among the nations, I will be honoured through all the earth.
Psalms 52:7\52:5\But God will put an end to you for ever; driving you out from your tent, uprooting you from the land of the living. (Selah.)
Psalms 67:4\67:3\Let the peoples give you praise, O God; let all the peoples give you praise.
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 →