Psalms 81

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 81 of 150

¹ To the chief musician. On Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.

² Lift up a song, and the timbrel, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

³ Blow the rams` horn in the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

⁴ For this was a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Chapter Summary

An exhortation to a solemn praising of Jehovah. Jehovah wills obedience. To the chief musician. On the Gittite Lyre. A Psalm of Asaph.

שָׁמַע listen, obey H8085 · TWOT 2412

שֹׁפָר rams' horn H7782 · TWOT 2449c

חֹק statute H2706 · TWOT 728a

עֵדוּת testimony H5715 · TWOT 1576f

בָּחַן test, prove H974 · TWOT 230

זוּר strange (foreign god) H2114 · TWOT 542

Asaph

Levitical psalmist named in the heading; the festal summons and divine appeal are ascribed to him.

Jacob

Invoked as the covenant nation worshiping 'the God of Jacob' (vv1,4).

Joseph

Named in v5 as the people in whom God set this testimony when He went out over Egypt.

Freed from the Basket

God frees Israel's shoulder from the burden and their palms from the basket in Egypt.

Psalms 81:6

Testing at Meribah

God answers Israel in the secret place of thunder and tests them at the waters of Meribah.

Psalms 81:7

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