Psalms 81:4

For a statute to Israel it [is], An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

In Context

3Blow in the month a trumpet, In the new moon, at the day of our festival,

5A testimony on Joseph He hath placed it, In his going forth over the land of Egypt. A lip, I have not known — I hear.

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Cross References

Numbers 28:11'And in the beginnings of your months ye bring near a burnt-offering to Jehovah: two bullocks, sons of the herd, and one ram, seven lambs, sons of a year, perfect ones;

Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8

An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →

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