Psalms 81:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; ”

Psalms 81:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee ... - See the notes at the similar passage in Psalms 50:7 . God calls their attention to what he required of them; to what his law demanded; to wh...
Psalms 81:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(h) Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; (h) He condemns all assemblies where the people are not attentive to hear God's voice, and to give obedie...
Psalms 81:8 - 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 81:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

8 Hear, O my people! The more effectually to touch the hearts of the people, God is here invested with the character of a teacher, and introduced as speaking familiarly in the midst of the c...
Psalms 81:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; Hear, O my people - These are nearly the same words with those spoken at the giving of the law, Exodus 20:2 ....
Psalms 81:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee - answering to Psalms 50:7 . The fact that ye are "my...
Psalms 81:8 - 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 81:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Hear, O my people. — The Divine voice here repeats the warnings so frequently uttered during the desert-wandering.
Psalms 81:8 - 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 81:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

“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 appea...
Psalms 81:8 - 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 81:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Reader! let us for a moment drop Israel's history, to which these verses refer, to look into our own. We know how the Lord delivered Israel upon the several occasions here described; but may not you...
Psalms 81:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee ,.... Of himself, his being, and perfections; what he was unto them, had done for them, and would do for them, as in the following verses: or "testify...
Psalms 81:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; Ver. 8. Hear, O my people, &c. ] Notwithstanding thy many and mighty provocations at Meribah and elsewh...
Psalms 81:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Hear, O my people And who should hear me if my people will not? I have heard and answered thee, now wilt thou hear me? Hear what is said, with the greatest solemnity, and the most unquestionable ce...
Psalms 81:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; ...
Psalms 81:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

I will testify unto thee, concerning my will and thy duty. I will give thee statutes and judgments, in the execution of which thou mayst live and be happy for ever. This God did presently after he...
Psalms 81:8 - 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 81:8 - 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 81:8 - 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 81:8 - 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 81:8 - 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 81:8 - 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 81:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 John 5:9 ; Acts 20:21 ; Deuteronomy 32:46 ; Deuteronomy 5:27 ; Exodus 15:26 ; Isaiah 1:19 ; Isaiah 55:3 ; Isaiah 55:4 ; John 3:11 ; John 3:32 ; John 3:33 ; Psalms 50:7 ; Psalms 81:13
Psalms 81:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Testify — This God did presently after he brought them from Meribah, even at Sinai.

Psalms 81:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Psalms 81:8 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Psalms 81:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Psalms 81:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Psalms 81:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Psalms 81:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 81:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Psalms 81:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Psalms 81:8 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Psalms 81:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Psalms 81:8 - The Biblical Illustrator

Psalms 81:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Psalms 81:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Psalms 81:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 81:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes