Psalms 81:5
For it is a commandment in Israel, and a judgment to the God of Jacob.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
4Blow up the trumpet on the new moon, on the noted day of your solemnity.
Cross References
Exodus 12:12And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast: and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.
Exodus 12:29And it came to pass at midnight, the Lord slew every firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharao, who sat on his throne, unto the firstborn of the captive woman that was in the prison, and all the firstborn of cattle.
Exodus 13:14And when thy son shall ask thee to morrow, saying: What is this? thou shalt answer him: With a strong hand did the Lord bring us forth out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage.
Deuteronomy 28:49The Lord will bring upon thee a nation from afar, and from the uttermost ends of the earth, like an eagle that flyeth swiftly, whose tongue thou canst not understand,
Psalms 78:6that another generation might know them. The children that should be born and should rise up, and declare them to their children.
Psalms 114:1When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a barbarous people:
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →