Berean Standard Bible

Psalms 81:1-7

1 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 Joseph2when 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.3Selah

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Notes

1. Psalms 81:1 Gittith is probably a musical or liturgical term; here and in Psalms 8 and 84. ↩
2. Psalms 81:5 Or in Joseph ↩
3. Psalms 81:7 Meribah means quarreling; see Exodus 17:7. ↩

Commentaries on Psalms 81

Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
Tyndale Open Study Notes
Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
Rashi on Tanakh
Calvin’s Commentaries
Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
John Wesley’s Notes
The Treasury of David
Darby Translation Notes
Geneva Bible Translation Notes
Kingcomments
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
EGW Writings