Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 81

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84. Of Asaph.

1Sing for joy to God our strength;make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine,play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon,and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.4For this is a statute for Israel,an ordinance of the God of Jacob.5He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph1when he went out over the land of Egypt,where I heard an unfamiliar language:

6“I relieved his shoulder of the burden;his hands were freed from the basket.7You called out in distress, and I rescued you;I answered you from the cloud of thunder;I tested you at the waters of Meribah.2Selah8Hear, O My people, and I will warn you:O Israel, if only you would listen to Me!9There must be no strange god among you,nor shall you bow to a foreign god.10I am the LORD your God,who brought you up out of Egypt.Open wide your mouth,and I will fill it.

11But My people would not listen to Me,and Israel would not obey Me.12So I gave them up to their stubborn heartsto follow their own devices.13If only My people would listen to Me,if Israel would follow My ways,14how soon I would subdue their enemiesand turn My hand against their foes!15Those who hate the LORD would feign obedience,and their doom would last forever.16But I would feed you the finest wheat;with honey from the rock I would satisfy you.”

Notes

1. Psalms 81:5 Or in Joseph ↩
2. Psalms 81:7 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7. ↩

For the choirmaster. According to Gittith.Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84. Of Asaph.

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Commentaries on Psalms 81