Psalms 81:1
A Psalm of Asaph. God has stood in the synagogue of gods, but, in their midst, he decides between gods.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
In Context
2How long will you judge unjustly and favor the faces of sinners?
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:17And these are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Psalms 18:1Unto the end. A Psalm of David.
Psalms 33:1To David, when he changed his appearance in the sight of Abimelech, and so he dismissed him, and he went away.
Psalms 52:7Who will grant from Zion the salvation of Israel? Jacob will exult, when God will convert the captivity of his people; and Israel will rejoice.
Psalms 67:4And so, let the just feast, and let them exult in the sight of God and be delighted in gladness.
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 →