Bible Commentary

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. 9. no strange god ] Cp. Psa 44:20; Deu 32:16. any strange god ] Any alien god. Cp. Deu 32:12. Absolute frdelity to Jehovah was the fundamental principle of the Sinaitic covenant, embodied in the first ‘word’ of the Decalogue. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:9”

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; 8. Hear and I will testify unto thee ] Or, I will protest unto thee, of solemn warning and exhortation. Cp. Psa 50:7; and numerous passages in Deuteronomy, e.g. Deu 6:4; Deu 5:1; Deu 5:6; Deu 4:26; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:8”

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. 7. From the divine decree for Israel’s liberation the transition to an address to Israel is easy. Israel of the present is regarded as one with Israel of the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:7”

I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. 6. I have removed his shoulder from the burden: His hands shall go free from the basket. The term ‘basket’ does not occur in Exodus, but baskets for carrying the burdens of bricks or clay so often referred to in Exodus … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:6”

This he ordained in Joseph [for] a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: [where] I heard a language [that] I understood not. 5. He appointed it in Joseph for a testimony (R.V.): to bear continual witness to His care of Israel. when &c.] Render, When he (i.e. God) went out against … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:5”

For this [was] a statute for Israel, [and] a law of the God of Jacob. 4. For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob. (R.V.) It refers to the feast. The title God of Jacob carries our thoughts back beyond the Exodus to the providential dealings of Jehovah with … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:4”

Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 3. the trumpet ] Heb. shphr, the horn, as distinguished from the metal trumpet. In the Pentateuch the use of the shphr is only prescribed in connexion with the year of Jubilee (Lev 25:9), but according to practice … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:3”

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 2. Take a psalm &c.] Or, Raise a psalm and sound the timbrel. The timbrel, or tabret, was a tambourine or hand drum; the psaltery, like the harp, a stringed instrument. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Take a … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:2”

To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 1. God our strength ] Cp. Exo 15:2; Psa 46:1. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1 3. A call to the joyous celebration of the festival, addressed … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 81:1”

Turn us again, O LORD God of hosts, cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved. 19. O Lord God of hosts ] There is a climax in the use of divine names in the refrains (3, 7, 19). The Psalmist clenches his appeal by the use of the covenant name Jehovah, along … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Psalms 80:19”