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John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO Psalms 81 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A [Psalm] of Asaph. Of "gittith", [See comments on Psalms 8:1]. The Targum renders it, "upon the harp which came from Gath;'' and so Jarchi says it was a musical instrument that came from Gath. The Septuagint, and the versions which follow that, render it, "for the winepresses". This psalm, according to Kimchi, is said concerning the...
John Gill
I am the Lord thy God,.... The true Jehovah, the Being of beings, in whom all live and move and have their beings, the covenant God of his people; and is a reason why they should hear him, and worship him, and no other: which brought thee out of the land of Egypt; this, with what goes before, is the preface to the ten commands, the first and principal of which is urged in the preceding verse; and...
Matthew Henry
This psalm was penned, as is supposed, not upon occasion of any particular providence, but for the solemnity of a particular ordinance, either that of the new-moon in general or that of the feast of trumpets on the new moon of the seventh month, Lev. xxiii. 24; Num. xxix. 1. When David, by the Spirit, introduced the singing of psalms into the temple-service this psalm was intended for that day,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me. Oh, how plaintive is this lament! Is it not full of sorrow? “Israel would none of me.” Her own God, her own Friend, her own Benefactor, her own Husband has to cry, “Israel would none of me, — would not have my law,...
Charles H. Spurgeon
Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me; there shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god. I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. What a wondering verse this is! We have been so accustomed to hear the expression, “I am the Lord thy God, which...