Psa. 81:Title*| gittith
| See note on the superscription of Psa. 8.
Psa. 81:Titlea| Of| Psa. 50 title
Psa. 81:11| Sing
| Psalms 81—83 reveal God’s intention to gain the earth for Christ’s inheritance (82:8) through His habitations, the local churches, and Satan’s plot to possess God’s habitation for himself and thus withhold the earth from God (83:3, 12).
Psa. 81:1a| joyful| Psa. 95:1-2;| 98:4, 6;| 100:1
Psa. 81:3a| trumpet| Lev. 23:24;| Num. 10:10;| 29:1
Psa. 81:41| statute
| According to God’s ordination Israel, God’s elect, should live a joyful life (cf. Phil. 4:4). The annual feasts, as well as the sabbatical year and the year of jubilee, are times of rejoicing, singing, and shouting (Lev. 23 and 25, and notes).
Psa. 81:61| your
| Lit., his (twice).
Psa. 81:6a| burden| Exo. 1:11;| Isa. 10:27;| 14:25
Psa. 81:7a| Meribah| Exo. 17:7;| Num. 20:13
Psa. 81:8a| Hear| Psa. 50:7
Psa. 81:81| against
| Or, to.
Psa. 81:9a| strange| Exo. 20:3;| Deut. 32:12;| Psa. 44:20;| Isa. 43:12
Psa. 81:9b| foreign| Josh. 24:20, 23;| 1|Sam. 7:3
Psa. 81:10a| Jehovah| Exo. 20:2
Psa. 81:10b| mouth| Psa. 119:131, 103
Psa. 81:12a| gave| Acts 7:42;| 14:16
Psa. 81:16a| wheat| Deut. 32:14;| Psa. 147:14
Psa. 81:16b| honey| Deut. 32:13;| 1|Sam. 14:25;| Ezek. 16:13, 19