Psalms 81:7 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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.a Selah. ”

Psalms 81:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Thou calledst in trouble - The people of Israel. Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 3:9 ; Exodus 14:10 . And I delivered thee - I brought the people out of Egypt. I answered thee in the secret place...
Psalms 81:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I (g) answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. (g) By a strange and wonderful fashion.
Psalms 81:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite. A. Psalms 81:1-4 . 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, t...
Psalms 81:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

in , or from. proved. Compare Exodus 17:6 ; Numbers 20:1-13 . Selah. Connecting the merciful deliverance with the reason why Israel should hearken. See App-66.
Psalms 81:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

7 Thou didst cry in trouble, and I delivered thee. Here the same subject is prosecuted. By their crying when they were in distress, I understand the prayers which they then offered to God. I...
Psalms 81:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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. Thou calledst in trouble - They had cried by reason of t...
Psalms 81:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

I answered thee in the secret place of thunder— I spoke to thee in the obscurity of thunder.
Psalms 81:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. -The deliverance described on which God's claim on Israe...
Psalms 81:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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 ). Fro...
Psalms 81:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thou calledst. — The recital of God’s past dealings with the people usual at the Feast of the Tabernacles ( Deuteronomy 31:10-13 ; Nehemiah 8:18 ) appears to follow here as if the feast were actua...
Psalms 81:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 81:1-16 THE 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 learni...
Psalms 81:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

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...
Psalms 81:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Psalms 81:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

These are sweet views of God's former dealings with his people; and a reference to Israel's history will mark out the several periods here spoken of. But, Reader! do not you and I also see our own hi...
Psalms 81:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee ,.... That is, when Israel were in trouble in Egypt, as the Targum adds, and they cried unto the Lord in their distress, he heard them, and answered th...
Psalms 81:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 7. Thou calledst in trouble ] Their trouble call...
Psalms 81:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

I removed his shoulder That is, the shoulder of my people; from the burden I delivered them from the burdensome slavery of Egypt. His hands were delivered from the pots Hebrew, מדוד תעברנה, hi...
Psalms 81:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

An Invitation to Praise. To the chief musician upon Gittith. A psalm of Asaph. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength:...
Psalms 81:7 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

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 1...
Psalms 81:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician upon Gittith .” Gittith is explained in several ways. One interpretation is that it was a musical instrument invented in Gath, or common among...
Psalms 81:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

We have here an exhortation to praise God; and this is always in season. Perhaps we need more stirring up to praise than to prayer, yet it ought to be as natural for us to praise God as it is for the...
Psalms 81:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

This psalm was composed for the festival of tabernacles, when the people celebrated the deliverance from Egypt. It was a statute in Israel on the first day of the Hebrew month of Tisri, or the new...
Psalms 81:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. A revelation of three great subjects I. True worship (verses1-5) 1. True worship is the highest happiness, which...
Psalms 81:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his theory of Psalms 19:1-19 , Psalms 24:1-19 , Psalms...
Psalms 81:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

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,...
Psalms 81:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Deuteronomy 33:8 ; Exodus 14:10 ; Exodus 14:24 ; Exodus 14:30 ; Exodus 14:31 ; Exodus 17:2-7 ; Exodus 17:6 ; Exodus 17:7 ; Exodus 19:19 ; Exodus 2:23 ; Exodus 20:18-21 ; Numbers 20:13 ;...
Psalms 81:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Calledst — At the Red Sea. Secret place — From the dark and cloudy pillar, whence I thundered against the Egyptians.

Psalms 81:7 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Psalms 81:7 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 81:7 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 81:7 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 81:7 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 81:7 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 81:7 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 81:7 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

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

Psalms 81:7 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 81:7 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 81:7 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 81:7 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 81:7 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 81:7 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 81:7 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 81:7 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes