81:15 The haters of the LORD should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time {m} should have endured for ever.(m) If the Israelites had not broken covenant with God, he would have given them victory against their enemies. read more
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
So Jesus wept over Jerusalem! And had Israel then, or upon the occasion which this Psalm records, hearkened unto the Lord, the temporal prosperity of Israel would have continued. For, I beg the Reader to observe, that in both instances it is of temporal prosperity the Lord evidently speaks. Here it is of feeding them with fine wheat, and honey out of the rock; and there, in Christ's days, it is of preserving Jerusalem from being visited by the destruction of the sword. Luke 19:41-44 . read more
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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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