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Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:8-16

8-16 We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfulness. People are not religious, because they will not be so. God is not the Author of their sin, he leaves them to the lusts of their own hearts, and the counsels of their own heads; if they do not well, the blame must be upon themselves. The Lord is unwilling that any should perish. What enemies... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Psalms 81:1-16

A Joyful Salutation and God's Response. To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be sung to the accompaniment of the zitherlike instrument which David brought along from the Philistine city of Gath, a psalm of Asaph, an antiphonal, festal hymn, probably for the celebration of the Passover, God Himself answering the praise of His people by reminding them of their obligations and picturing to them the happy consequences of obedience and loyalty to Him. v. 1. Sing aloud unto God, our Strength,... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Psalms 81:1-16

Psalms 81:0To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph2 Sing aloud unto God our strength:Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.3 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel,The pleasant harp with the psaltery.4 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon,In the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.5 For this was a statute for Israel,And a law of the God of Jacob.6 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony,When he went out through the land of Egypt:Where I heard a... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 81:1-7

Sing unto God, the Deliverer Psalms 81:1-7 It is supposed that this psalm was composed for use at the great Hebrew festivals and especially at the Passover, which is referred to in Psalms 81:5-7 ; Psalms 81:10 . See also 2 Chronicles 30:21 . Let us remember to celebrate the redemption of the Cross, where our Paschal Lamb was sacrificed. We must celebrate, here and hereafter, the love that rescued us from the burden and the basket, at Sinai and Meribah. Baskets have been found in the... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Psalms 81:8-16

“If Thou Wouldest Hearken unto Me” Psalms 81:8-16 God wants our emptiness, which seems to Him like the gaping beak of the young fledgling, Psalms 81:10 . Give me room ! is his incessant appeal. It must be the wonder of eternity, and it will certainly be our regret when we come to review our life, that we have asked so little. Give me room ! cries the river, as it comes with a rush to the plains. Give me room ! cries the wind, as it searches into the narrow courts and alleys of the slums. ... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Psalms 81:1-16

This is a psalm for the Feast of Trumpets. In the calendar of the Hebrews this feast prepared the way for the Day of Atonement and the Feast of Tabernacles. The first day of the seventh month was the feast of Trumpets. The tenth day of the seventh month was Atonement. The fifteenth day of the seventh month was Tabernacles ( Lev 23:1-44 ). The psalm opens with a call to the Feast of Trumpets, and a declaration of its Divine appointment (vv. Psa 81:1-5 ). Then the singer expresses the attitude... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Psalms 81:12-13

ABANDONED OF GOD‘So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels,’ etc.Psalms 81:12-1 Chronicles : I. God showed His love to the Israelites by giving them a law more strict than any which had gone before it; He revealed Himself as a jealous God, Who would be obeyed; He curbed all their actions, and He punished them severely for all transgressions of His law.—It was only as a last step, when the people were determined to rebel, that He granted to them that... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:1-16

LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite. A. Psalms 81:1-Numbers : .— A Festal Hymn, specially adapted for the old New Year’ s Day or Feast of Trumpets (p. 104), which was held on the new moon of Tishri, the seventh month, and for the Feast of Tabernacles (pp. 103f.) at the full moon of the same month. The old New Year in the autumn, when the cycle of agricultural work was complete, is to be distinguished from the Babylonian New Year in the spring month of Nisan (see p, 118, Leviticus 23:24 ff.... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Psalms 81:7

Thou calledst in trouble; at the Red Sea, Exodus 14:10-12. In the secret place of thunder; from the dark and cloudy pillar, whence I thundered and fought against the Egyptians. See Exodus 13:21; Exodus 14:19,Exodus 14:24. Others refer this to the thunder at Sinai. But at that time they were not in trouble, but in a safe and glorious condition. read more