Psalm 81:4

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 81:1-5

1. A call to the celebration 81:1-5 read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 81:1-16

Psalms 81This psalm is a joyful celebration of God’s deliverance of His people. The Israelites probably sang it at the Feast of Tabernacles, since it is a review of God’s faithfulness and focuses especially on the wilderness wanderings. [Note: A. Ross, p. 853.] The Feast of Tabernacles reminded the Israelites of this period in their history."Psalms 81 is a close companion to Psalms 50. If anything, the lines of the argument are even clearer here." [Note: Brueggemann, p. 92.] read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Psalms 81:3-5

He called on them to participate in a festival. The Israelites blew trumpets and offered sacrifices at the beginning of each new month, and each month began with the new moon (Numbers 10:10; Numbers 28:11-15). The Feast of Tabernacles was a joyous occasion that began on the fifteenth day of the seventh month (September-October) when the moon was full (Leviticus 23:34). God required the Israelites to observe these occasions. He began to specify these national festivals when He gave the... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Psalms 81:1-16

After a summons to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Psalms 81:1-3) this Ps. recalls the meaning of Israel’s national festivals as memorials of their deliverance from Egypt (Psalms 81:4-7). From Psalms 81:6 onward God is the speaker. In Psalms 81:8-10 He repeats His ancient command to Israel to worship Him alone, and in Psalms 81:11-12 He tells of their disobedience and its consequences. The concluding vv. express His desire that Israel may now prove more loyal than of old, that He may bless... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Psalms 81:4

(4) For this.—Better, for it is a statute. Referring either to the feast itself or to the mode of celebrating it.Law.—Literally, judgment, as LXX. and Vulg. read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Psalms 81:1-16

Consecration and Expectation Psalms 81:8-10 I. The duty of religion flows directly from the fact of God. Wherever God is acknowledged there religion is obligatory. To us then who admit that there is a God of whom we know something religion cannot be optional. God is, and it is our duty to honour and obey Him. Full obedience, then, is one fundamental element of religion, as it is brought before us in our text We might find a ground for demanding obedience to God further back than any special... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:1-16

Psalms 81:1-16THE psalmist summons priests and people to a solemn festival, commemorative of Israel’s deliverance from Egypt, and sets forth the lessons which that deliverance teaches, the learning of which is the true way of keeping the feast. There has been much discussion as to which feast is in the psalmist’s mind. That of Tabernacles has been widely accepted as intended, chiefly on the ground that the first day of the month in which it occurred was celebrated by the blowing of trumpets, as... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Psalms 81:1-16

Psalms 81:0 Hope Revived: His Gracious Return to Israel 1. The blowing of the trumpet (Psalms 81:1-5 ) 2. His loving call to His people (Psalms 81:6-12 ) 3. Gracious results promised (Psalms 81:13-16 ) Hope has revived and singing is commanded. What interests us most is the call to blow the trumpet in the new moon. The blowing of the trumpet, in the feast of trumpets (Leviticus 23:1-44 ), marks the beginning of Israel’s New Year. Dispensationally it stands for the regathering of Israel... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Psalms 81:1-16

The first psalm in this lesson suggests Psalms 74:0 on which we did not dwell, but both of which depict the desolations of Judah by the Babylonians (compare Jeremiah 52:12-14 ). On this supposition their date would be that of the captivity, and their author a later Asaph than the Asaph mentioned in David’s time. Psalms 80:0 Has captivity features also. Some would say it relates to the ten tribes, as the preceding psalm does to Judah. The next several psalms are much alike in this respect and... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Psalms 81:4-5

Moses appointed certain seasons of memorial; such, for example, as the passover; Exodus 12:23-24 . read more

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