Psalms 81
1 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God.
4 God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits.
8 God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt.
gittith style <01665> [A.M. 3489. B.C. 515. (Title.) Gittith.]
Asaph <0623> [A Psalm.]
Some suppose this Psalm to have been composed to be sung at the feast of Trumpets, before the time of David; and others think it was written at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion; but the most probable opinion is, that it was sung at the dedication of the second temple.
Asaph <0623> [of Asaph. or, for Asaph.]
Shout <07442> [Sing.]
strength <05797> [our strength.]
Shout <07321> [make.]
God .......... God <0430> [the God.]
<08628> [Blow.]
new moon <02320> [new.]
festival <02282> [solemn.]
Joseph <03084> [in Joseph.]
regulation <05715> [for a.]
land <0776> [through. or, against.]
heard <08085> [where.]
removed <05493> [I removed.]
holding <05674> [were delivered. Heb. passed away. from the pots.]
Or rather, as {dood} also signifies, (see 2 Ki 10:7; Jer 24:2,} the basket: so LXX., and Symmachus, [\~kofinov\~, kophinos,] and Vulgate and Jerome, {cophino;} and Diodati, {le sue mani si non dipartite dalle corbe,} "his hands were removed from the baskets," i.e., says he in a note, {de portar la terra da far mattoni,} "from carrying earth to make bricks," Ex 1:14.
called out <07121> [calledst.]
from a dark <05643> [secret.]
tested <0974> [proved.]
Meribah <04809> [Meribah. or, strife.]
Listen .............. obey <08085> [Hear.]
Listen .............. obey <08085> [if thou wilt.]
no other <02114> [There shall.]
no other .......... foreign <02114 05236> [strange.]
Lord <03068> [I am.]
mouth <06310> [open.]
people <05971> [people.]
submit <014> [would none.]
gave <07971> [I gave.]
stubborn desires <08307 03820> [their own hearts' lust. or, the hardness of their hearts, or imaginations. they walked.]
only ... people <03863 05971> [Oh that.]
would quickly <04592> [I should.]
Then ......... attack <07725> [turned.]
hate <08130> [The haters.]
cower .......... humiliated <03584 06256> [submitted themselves. or yielded feigned obedience. Heb. lied.]
humiliated <06256> [time.]
feed <0398> [fed.]
best wheat <02406 02459> [finest of the wheat. Heb. fat of wheat. honey.]
