Psalms 81:9

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

Ver. 9. There shall no strange god] This is the first and chief commandment, wherein all the rest are contained, saith Luther.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 81:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

There shall no strange god be in thee - Worshipped by thee; or recognized and regarded as a god. This was a condition of his favor and friendship...
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....
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

strange . foreign, or foreigner ' s. strange god . god of the foreigner. Not the same as above. For the former, See Psalms 44:20 ; Isaiah 43:1...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

9 Let there be no strange god (414) in thee. Here there is propounded the leading article of the covenant, and almost the whole sum of i...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. There shall no strange god be in thee - i:e., 'let no stra...
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 t...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

is a quotation of the first commandment ( Exodus 20:3 ; Deuteronomy 5:7 ).
Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Open... — A condensed statement of God’s gracious promise ( Deuteronomy 7:12-13 ; Deuteronomy 8:7 ; Deuteronomy 8:9 ; Deuteronomy 11:13 ; Deute...
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...
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, Psa...
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 Taber...
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...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

There shall no strange god be in thee ,.... Or in the midst of thee, owned and worshipped as God; or in thine heart, for whatever engrosses the affe...
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...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Expostulation with Israel. 8 Hear, O my people, and I will testify un...
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Thou shalt renounce all false gods and worship, and worship me only.
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 mus...
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 b...
Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

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...
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 fir...
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)...
The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his the...
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 Dav...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

There shall no strange god be in thee, every form of idolatry being an abomination before Him ; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.
Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 8:5 ; 1 Corinthians 8:6 ; Deuteronomy 32:12 ; Deuteronomy 6:14 ; Exodus 20:3-5 ; Isaiah 43:12 ; Malachi 2:11

⁹ There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

Related Commentaries of Psalms 81:9

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 81:9