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Psalm 81:1-7 KJV
Psalms · chapter 81 · verses 1–7
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5This 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. 6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.Psalm 81:1-7 · King James Version
Psalm 81:1-7 in context
1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
5This 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.
6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.
7Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah.
8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;
9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
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Key words (Strong's)
- appointedkeçeʼproperly, fulness or the full moonH3677 →
- testimonyʻêdûwthtestimonyH5715 →
- deliveredʻâbarto cross overH5674 →
- deliveredchâlatsto pull offH2502 →
- strengthʻôzstrength in various applicationsH5797 →
- pleasantnâʻîymdelightfulH5273 →
- ordainedsûwmto putH7760 →
- languagesâphâhthe lipH8193 →
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When the people of God were gathered together in the solemn day, the day of the feast of the Lord, they must be told that they had business to do, for we do not go to church to sleep nor to be idle; no, there is that which the duty of every day requires, work of the day, which is to be done in its day. And here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7