Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
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 here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:17These are the names of the sons of Gershom: Libni and Shimei.
Psalms 18:1I love you, LORD, my strength.
Psalms 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, you righteous! Praise is fitting for the upright.
Psalms 46:11The LORD of Armies is with us. The God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 52:7“Behold, this is the man who didn’t make 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 you will judge the peoples with equity, and govern 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 →