Gittith
See title note;
( See Scofield) - (Psalms 8:1).
Sing aloud unto God our strength - The strength and support of the nation; he from whom the nation has derived all its power. The word rendered s...
"To the chief Musician upon (a) Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph." Sing (b) aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. (a) A...
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....
To the chief Musician. See App-64. upon Gittith . relating to the (Art.) wine-press, or the autumn Festival of Tabernacles; or to the vine and th...
1 Sing joyfully to God our strength. This psalm, it is probable, was appointed to be sung on the festival days on which the Jews kept their...
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Sing aloud unto...
An exhortation to a solemn praising of God. God challengeth that duty by reason of his benefits. God, exhorting to obedience, complaineth of their d...
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Psalms 81:1-16 .-I. Invitation to keep joyfully the Passover fea...
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 t...
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...
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...
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 Taber...
CONTENTS The Writer of this Psalm is calling upon Israel to bless the God of Israel: and he proposeth the subject and points to the cause. The Psalm...
It is very probable that this Psalm formed part of the religious worship in the temple on the feast days. We find several occasions of this sort: suc...
Sing aloud unto God our strength ,.... The strength of Israel, who, by strength of hand, and a mighty arm, brought Israel out of Egypt, protected an...
Psalms 81:1 «To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. » Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob....
Sing aloud unto God our strength Our refuge and defence against all our enemies. Bring hither the timbrel , &c. All which instruments were the...
An Invitation to Praise. To the chief musician upon Gittith. A psalm of A...
PSALM 81 THE ARGUMENT This Psalm seems to have been made for the use of the church in solemn feasts; particularly either upon every first day of th...
INTRODUCTION Superscription .—“ To the chief Musician upon Gittith .” Gittith is explained in several ways. One interpretation is that it was a mus...
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 b...
Psalms 81:1 . Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. In these days, the Psalm would have to be altered if...
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 fir...
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)...
EXPOSITION PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his the...
Sing aloud unto God, our Strength, letting exultation sound forth in His honor, to praise Him for His almighty protection; make a joyful noise unto...
A Joyful Salutation and God's Response. To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be sung to the accompaniment of the zitherlike instrument which Dav...
Genesis 50:17 ; Jeremiah 31:7 ; Matthew 22:32 ; Philippians 4:13 ; Psalms 100:1 ; Psalms 100:2 ; Psalms 18:1 ; Psalms 18:2 ; Psalms 28:7 ;...
1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.