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Psalms 81:1
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob.Bible Study Resources
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- DailyParallel Translations
Sing for joy to God our strength;Make a loud shout to the God of Jacob.
For the choir director; on the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.Sing we meryly vnto the Lorde our strength: make a chearefull noyse vnto the Lorde of Iacob.
To the chief Musician. Upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.
Sing ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob;To the Chief Musician. On an instrument of Gath. [fn] A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength;Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.
To the chief musician. On Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
To the director: On the gittith. One of Asaph's songs.
Be happy and sing to God, our strength. Shout with joy to the God of Jacob.<
[To the chiefe Musician vpon Gittith. A Psalme of Asaph.] Sing alowd vnto God our strength: make a ioyfull noise vnto the God of Iacob.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Synge merely vnto God which is or stregth make a chearful noyse vnto ye God of Iacob.
An Asaph Psalm A song to our strong God! a shout to the God of Jacob! Anthems from the choir, music from the band, sweet sounds from lute and harp, Trumpets and trombones and horns: it's festival day, a feast to God! A day decreed by God, solemnly ordered by the God of Jacob. He commanded Joseph to keep this day so we'd never forget what he did in Egypt. I hear this most gentle whisper from One I never guessed would speak to me:
Sing aloud to God our strength; Shout for joy to the God of Jacob (Israel).
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.
Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
To the chief Musician upon Gittith, [A Psalm] of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength: make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
For the music director; according to the gittith style; by Asaph.
Shout for joy to God, our source of strength! Shout out to the God of Jacob!(By Asaph for the music leader.)
Be happy and shout to God who makes us strong! Shout praises to the God of Jacob.For the Leader. On the gittit. By Asaf:
To him that excelleth vpon Gittith. A Psalme committed to Asaph. Sing ioyfully vnto God our strength: sing loude vnto the God of Iaakob.
SING aloud to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
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For the Leader; upon the Gittith. [A Psalm] of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God our strength! Call out for joy to the God of Jacob!
Rejoice ye in God our helper; shout aloud to the God of Jacob.
For the Chief Musician; set to the Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
To the leader: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.
Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.(80-1) <Unto the end, for the winepresses, a psalm for Asaph himself.> (80-2) Rejoice to God our helper: sing aloud to the God of Jacob.
For the music director; on the Gittith. Of Asaph.
Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. Of Asaph.
Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!Sing for joy to God our strength; Shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.
For the director of music. By the gittith. A psalm of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God, our strength; shout out loud to the God of Jacob.Shout for joy to God our defender; sing praise to the God of Jacob!
For the choir director: on the Gittith. Of Asaph.
Sing for joy to God our strength; shout in triumph to the God of Jacob.The title of the eiytetithe salm. To the ouercomer in the pressours of Asaph. Make ye fulli ioye to God, oure helpere; synge ye hertli to God of Jacob.
To the Overseer. -- `On the Gittith.' By Asaph. Cry aloud to God our strength, Shout to the God of Jacob.
To the choirmaster: according to The Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob. 2 Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp. 3 Blow the ram's horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival! 4 For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob. 5 He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say, 6 "Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks. 7 You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. InterludeBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
A Psalm: Some suppose this Psalm to have been composed to be sung at the feast of Trumpets, before the time of David; and others think it was written at the removal of the ark to Mount Zion; but the most probable opinion is, that it was sung at the dedication of the second temple.
of Asaph: or, for Asaph
Sing: Psalms 67:4, Jeremiah 31:7
our strength: Psalms 18:1, Psalms 18:2, Psalms 28:7, Psalms 52:7, Philippians 4:13
make: Psalms 33:1-3, Psalms 46:1-7, Psalms 66:1, Psalms 100:1, Psalms 100:2
the God: Psalms 46:11, Genesis 50:17, Matthew 22:32
Reciprocal: Leviticus 23:24 - In the seventh 1 Chronicles 6:39 - Asaph 1 Chronicles 15:16 - lifting up 1 Chronicles 15:21 - harps 1 Chronicles 23:31 - in the sabbaths 1 Chronicles 25:2 - Asaph 2 Chronicles 15:14 - trumpets 2 Chronicles 20:19 - a loud 2 Chronicles 31:3 - for the new moons Nehemiah 12:27 - thanksgivings Nehemiah 12:42 - sang loud Psalms 27:6 - I will Psalms 42:4 - with the voice Psalms 95:1 - sing Psalms 144:9 - upon Isaiah 30:29 - in the night Isaiah 30:32 - every place Daniel 3:10 - the cornet Zephaniah 3:14 - shout Matthew 26:30 - when
Gill's Notes on the Bible
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 and upheld them in the wilderness, and brought them to, and settled and established them in the land of Canaan; and who is the strength of every true Israelite, from whom they have both their natural and spiritual strength; so that they can exercise grace, perform duty, bear afflictions, withstand temptations, fight with and conquer enemies, and hold on and out unto the end; and therefore have reason to sing the praises of God with great fervour, zeal, and affection:
make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob; or Israel, being the God that had made a covenant with them, had chosen them for his peculiar people, and had redeemed them out of the house of bondage, and bestowed peculiar favours upon them; and therefore were under obligation to show forth his praise vocally and audibly, and with strong expressions of joy; and the spiritual Israel of God much more so, who have an interest in the covenant of grace, and share in electing, redeeming, and calling grace, by all which he appears to be their God and Father, in a special sense.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 sing aloud means to rejoice; and then, to make or cause to rejoice. It would be appropriate to a high festal occasion, where music constituted an important part of the public service. And it would be a proper word to employ in reference to any of the great feasts of the Hebrews.
Make a joyful noise - A noise indicating joy, as distinguished from a noise of mourning or lamentation.
Unto the God of Jacob - Not here particularly the God of the patriarch himself, but of the people who bore his name - his descendants.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
PSALM LXXXI
An exhortation to the people to praise God for his
benefits, 1-7;
and to attend to what he had prescribed, 8-10;
their disobedience lamented, 11;
the miseries brought on themselves by their transgressions,
12-16.
NOTES ON PSALM LXXXI
The title is the same as to Psalms 8:1, which see. There are various opinions concerning the occasion and time of this Psalm: but it is pretty generally agreed that it was either written for or used at the celebration of the Feast of Trumpets, (see on Leviticus 23:24,) which was held on the first day of the month Tisri, which was the beginning of the Jewish year; and on that day it is still used in the Jewish worship. According to Jewish tradition, credited by many learned Christians, the world was created in Tisri, which answers to our September. The Psalm may have been used in celebrating the Feast of Trumpets on the first day of Tisri, the Feast of Tabernacles on the fifteenth of the same month, the creation of the world, the Feasts of the New Moons, and the deliverance of the Israelites from Egypt; to all which circumstances it appears to refer.
Verse Psalms 81:1. Sing aloud unto God our strength — There is much meaning here: as God is our strength, let that strength be devoted to his service; therefore, sing aloud! This is principally addressed to the priests and Levites.
