Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
American Standard 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 hither 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 Jehovah, my strength.
Psalms 33:1Rejoice in Jehovah, O ye righteous: Praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 46:11Jehovah of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah Psalm 47 For the Chief Musician. A Psalm of the sons of Korah.
Psalms 52:7Lo, this is the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And strengthened himself in his wickedness.
Psalms 67:4Oh let the nations be glad and sing for joy; For thou wilt 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 →