Psalms 81:1 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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Chapter 81

¹To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:1 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 31:7
For thus saith the LORD; Sing with gladness for Jacob, and shout among the chief of the nations: publish ye, praise ye, and say, O LORD, save thy people, the remnant of Israel.
Psalms 66:1
To the chief Musician, A Song or Psalm. Make a joyful noise unto God, all ye lands:
Psalms 100:1-2
A Psalm of praise. Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all ye lands. …
Psalms 46:11
The LORD of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our refuge. Selah.
Psalms 8:1
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of David. O LORD our Lord, how excellent is thy name in all the earth! who hast set thy glory above the heavens.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 1-7)

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. The worshippers of God are excited to their work, and are taught, by singing this p…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 1)

Psa 81:1-16. Gittith--(See on Psa 8:1, title). A festal Psalm, probably for the passover (compare Mt 26:30), in which, after an exhortation to praise God, He is introduced, reminding Israel of their obligations, chiding their neglect, and depicting the happy results of obedience. 1. our strength--(Psa 38:7).