Psalms 81:1
“For the leader of the music. On the Gittith. A psalm of Asaph.” Sing joyfully to God, our strength! Shout with gladness to the God of Jacob!
Noyes Bible
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 strike the timbrel, The sweet-sounding harp, and the psaltery!
Cross References
Psalms 18:1I love thee, O LORD, my strength!
Psalms 33:1Rejoice, O ye righteous, in the LORD! For praise becometh the upright.
Psalms 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; The God of Jacob is our refuge.
Psalms 52:7“Behold the man that made not God his strength, But trusted in the abundance of his riches, And placed his strength in his wickedness!”
Psalms 67:4Let all the nations be glad, and shout for joy! For justly dost thou judge the people, And govern the nations on the earth.
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 →