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Text -- Psalms 81:1-16 (NET)
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Psalm 81
81:1 For the music director ; according to the gittith style; by Asaph . Shout for joy to God , our source of strength ! Shout out to the God of Jacob !
81:2 Sing a song and play the tambourine , the pleasant sounding harp , and the ten-stringed instrument !
81:3 Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon , and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins.
81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel ; it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob .
81:5 He decreed it as a regulation in Joseph , when he attacked the land of Egypt . I heard a voice I did not recognize .
81:6 It said: “I removed the burden from his shoulder ; his hands were released from holding the basket .
81:7 In your distress you called out and I rescued you. I answered you from a dark thundercloud . I tested you at the waters of Meribah . (Selah )
81:8 I said, ‘Listen , my people ! I will warn you! O Israel , if only you would obey me!
81:9 There must be no other god among you. You must not worship a foreign god .
81:10 I am the Lord , your God , the one who brought you out of the land of Egypt . Open your mouth wide and I will fill it!’
81:11 But my people did not obey me ; Israel did not submit to me.
81:12 I gave them over to their stubborn desires ; they did what seemed right to them.
81:13 If only my people would obey me! If only Israel would keep my commands !
81:14 Then I would quickly subdue their enemies , and attack their adversaries .”
81:15 (May those who hate the Lord cower in fear before him! May they be permanently humiliated!)
81:16 “I would feed Israel the best wheat , and would satisfy your appetite with honey from the rocky cliffs.”
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Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics
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Names, People and Places:
Dictionary Themes and Topics:
Asaph |
Music |
Psalms |
TRUMPETS, FEAST OF |
Gittith |
PSALMS, BOOK OF |
JOY |
Praise |
Blessing |
God |
Wheat |
THUNDER |
Honey |
BASKET |
Self-delusion |
Trumpet |
Lust |
Backsliders |
Impenitence |
Prayer |
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NET Notes -> Psa 81:1; Psa 81:1; Psa 81:2; Psa 81:3; Psa 81:3; Psa 81:3; Psa 81:3; Psa 81:4; Psa 81:5; Psa 81:5; Psa 81:6; Psa 81:6; Psa 81:7; Psa 81:7; Psa 81:8; Psa 81:8; Psa 81:8; Psa 81:9; Psa 81:9; Psa 81:11; Psa 81:11; Psa 81:12; Psa 81:12; Psa 81:13; Psa 81:13; Psa 81:14; Psa 81:15; Psa 81:15; Psa 81:15; Psa 81:15; Psa 81:16; Psa 81:16; Psa 81:16; Psa 81:16
NET Notes: Psa 81:1 The precise meaning of the Hebrew term הַגִּתִּית (haggittit) is uncertain; it probably re...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:3 The festival in view is probably the Feast of Tabernacles (Booths), which began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month when the moon was full. See ...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:5 Heb “a lip I did not know, I heard.” Here the term “lip” probably stands for speech or a voice. Apparently the psalmist speaks...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:6 I removed the burden. The Lord speaks metaphorically of how he delivered his people from Egyptian bondage. The reference to a basket/burden probably a...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:7 The name Meribah means “strife.” Two separate but similar incidents at the place called Meribah are recorded in the Pentateuch (Exod 17:1-...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:8 The Hebrew particle אִם (“if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (GKC 321 §109.b). Note that t...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:11 The Hebrew expression אָבָה לִי (’avah liy) means “submit to me” (see Deut 13:8).
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NET Notes: Psa 81:12 Heb “they walked in their counsel.” The prefixed verbal form is either preterite (“walked”) or a customary imperfect (“w...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:14 Heb “turn my hand against.” The idiom “turn the hand against” has the nuance of “strike with the hand, attack” (se...
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NET Notes: Psa 81:15 The verb form at the beginning of the line is jussive, indicating that this is a prayer. The translation assumes that v. 15 is a parenthetical “...
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