Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud to God our strength, shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
Open English Bible (US)
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, sound the timbrel, sweet lyre and harp.
Cross References
Psalms 18:1I love you, O Lord, my strength.
Psalms 33:1Shout for joy in the Lord, you righteous: praise for the upright is seemly.
Psalms 46:11On our side is the Lord of Hosts, our sure defence is the God of Jacob. Selah
Psalms 52:7“Look” (they will say) “at the hero who did not make God his stronghold, but trusted in his great wealth and in the strength of his riches.”
Psalms 67:4Let the nations ring out their joy; for you govern the peoples with equity, and guide the nations on 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 →