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.

יַעֲקֹֽב Jacob H3290 · TWOT 1676f

חַגֵּֽ festival-gathering H2282 · TWOT 602a

תֹ֑ף timbrel H8596 · TWOT 2536a

מִצְרָ֑יִם Egypt H4714 · TWOT 1235

הָ֝רִ֗יעוּ raise a shout H7321 · TWOT 2135

Freed from the Basket

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

Testing at Meribah

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

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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