Psalms

Psalm 81 ©

1 An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. 4 God challengeth that duty by reason of his benefits. 8 God, exhorting his people to obedience, complaineth of their disobedience, which proveth their own hurt.

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To the chief Musician upon aGittith, A Psalm 1of Asaph.

a Pss. 8; 84, titles.
1

SING aloud bunto God cour strength: dmake a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

b Ps. 149.5; 150.5.
c 2Sa. 22.2,3. Ps. 28.8. Jn. 15.5. Phi. 4.13.
d Ps. 33.1-3; 47.1-7; 66.1; 95-100; 149; 150.
2

Take a psalm, and bring *hither the *timbrel, the pleasant harp with the *psaltery.

3

Blow up the etrumpet fin the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

e Le. 25.9. 1Ch. 15.24,28.
f Nu. 10.10; 28; 29. Le. 23. De. 16.16. 2Ki. 4.23.
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For gthis was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

g Nu. 10.10. Ex. 12.18,19. Le. 23.24,26,34.
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This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when hhe went out 2through the land of Egypt: where iI heard a language that I understood not.

h Ex. 11.4.
i Ps. 114.1. Ge. 42.23. De. 28.49. Je. 5.15. Is. 28.11.
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I jremoved his shoulder from the burden: his hands 3were delivered from the pots.

j Is. 9.4; 10.27. Ex. 1.11,14; 6.6. Ps. 68.13.
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Thou kcalledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the lsecret place of thunder: mI *proved thee at the waters of 4Meribah. Selah.

k Ex. 2.23; 3.7-10; 14.10,11. Ps. 50.15; 91.14,15.
l Ex. 14.24; 19.19.
m Ex. 17.2-7. Nu. 20.13.
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Hear, nO my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, oif thou wilt hearken unto me;

n Ps. 50.7. De. 4.26; 31.28. Is. 55.3,6,7.
o Ex. 15.26. v.13.
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There pshall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

p Ex. 20.3. 1Co. 8.4,5. De. 4.19,25; 6.13,14. Ho. 14.8. 1Jn. 5.21. Ps. 44.20.
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qI am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: ropen thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

q Ex. 20.2. Je. 31.33; 3.14; 11.4; 24.7; 30.22.
r Mat. 7.7,11. Jn. 15.7. Ps. 37.4; 36.8; 65.4,7. Ep. 3.19,20. Is. 45.11. Je. 31.14,25.
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But smy people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

s De. 32.15,18. Ho. 11.2. Pr. 1.25,30. He. 10.29. Zec. 7.11; 11.8.
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So tI gave them up 5unto their own hearts' lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

t Ac. 7.42. Ro. 1.24,26. Is. 30.1. Job 8.4.
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Oh uthat my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

u De. 5.29; 32.29. Is. 48.18. Mat. 23.37. Lu. 19.41,42.
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I should soon have subdued vtheir enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

v Ps. 83.2-8. Ju. 3.3.
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The haters of the LORD should have 6submitted themselves unto him: wbut their time should have endured for ever.

w Ps. 102.28. Is. 65.22. Joel 3.20.
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He xshould have fed them also 7with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

x Is. 1.19. De. 32.13,14. Ps. 147.14. 1Sa. 14.25,26. Job 29.6.