Psalms 81:1
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
King James Version
In Context
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Cross References
1 Chronicles 6:17And these be the names of the sons of Gershom; Libni, and Shimei.
Psalms 18:1I will love thee, O LORD, my strength.
Psalms 33:1Rejoice in the LORD, O ye righteous: for praise is comely for the upright.
Psalms 46:11The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
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 67:4O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge the people righteously, 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 →