Open thy mouth wide; either,
1. To pray for mercies. Ask freely, and abundantly, and boldly, (as this phrase oft signifies,) whatsoever you need, or in reason can desire. Or,
2. To receive the mercies which I am ready to give you. I will fill it; I will give or grant them all, upon condition of your obedience.
Verse Psalms 81:10. _OPEN THY MOUTH WIDE_] Let thy desires be ever so extensive, I will gratify them if thou wilt be faithful to me. Thou shalt lack no manner of thing that is good....
I AM THE LORD THY GOD ... - See Exodus 20:2. The meaning is, “I am Yahweh, that God; the God to be worshipped and honored by thee; I only am thy God, and no other god is to be recognized or acknowledg...
Psalms 81 Hope Revived: His Gracious Return to Israel _ 1. The blowing of the trumpet (Psalms 81:1)_ 2. His loving call to His people (Psalms 81:6) 3. Gracious results promised ...
LXXXI. This Ps. is probably composite. A. PSALMS 81:1. A FESTAL HYMN, specially adapted for the old New Year's Day or Feast of Trumpets (p. 104), which was held on the new moon of Tishri, the seventh...
THE LORD THY GOD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ thy Elohim. App-4. The title of the Lawgiver....
Israel's duty of allegiance to Jehovah alone; the fundamental principle of the covenant. Israel in the wilderness is primarily addressed, but Israel of every age is included....
I am Jehovah thy God, Which brought thee up out of the land of Egypt. Cp. Exodus 20:2 ff.; Deuteronomy 20:1. To Jehovah Israel owed its existence. The fact that He redeemed it from Egypt constituted...
DISCOURSE: 637 PRAYER EFFECTUAL, TO ANY EXTENT Psalms 81:10. _I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it._ ACCESS to God, and a certai...
OPEN THY MOUTH WIDE, &C.— i.e. "I will satisfy thy desires, be they ever so large. Be faithful to me, and I will fill thee with blessings in profusion." The Chaldee reads, _Open thy mouth to the words...
PSALMS 81 DESCRIPTIVE TITLE A Mission-Song, to be Sung to the Northern Tribes. ANALYSIS Stanza I., Psalms 81:1-5, A Festive Celebration Invoked; in which People, Levites, and Priests can Recall the...
I am the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. I AM THE LORD THY GOD, WHICH BROUGHT THEE OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT - strongest motive fo...
After a summons to celebrate the Feast of Tabernacles (Psalms 81:1) this Ps. recalls the meaning of Israel's national festivals as memorials of their deliverance from Egypt (Psalms 81:4). From Psalms...
OPEN THY MOUTH, etc.] So Orientals feast their favoured guests....
Psalms 73:89 _GORDON CHURCHYARD_ START THE MUSIC! PSALMS 81 Jesus said, "Can the bridegroom’s friends be sad when the bridegroom is with them?" (Matthew
_[Psalms 81:11]_ אָנֹכִ֨י ׀ יְה֘וָ֤ה אֱלֹהֶ֗יךָ הַֽ֭ מַּעַלְךָ...
Psalms 81:1 THE psalmist summons priests and people to a solemn festival, commemorative of Israel's deliverance from Egypt, and sets forth the lessons which that deliverance teaches, the learning of w...
“IF THOU WOULDEST HEARKEN UNTO ME” Psalms 81:8 God wants our emptiness, which seems to Him like the gaping beak of the young fledgling, Psalms 81:10. _Give me room_! is his incessant appeal. It must...
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 Tabernacles. The first day of the seventh month was the...
I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: (i) open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. (i) God accuses their incredulity, because they did not open their mouths to receive...
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 several occasions here described; but may not you a...
10._I am Jehovah thy God, who brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide. _God, by making mention of the deliverance which he had wrought for the people, put a bridle upon those whom h...
Psalms 81, while celebrating in figure the restoration of Israel, again returns to historical ground, specially introducing Joseph, who represents the ten tribes (see Ezekiel 37:16). Otherwise Judah,...
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...
I [am] the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it. Ver. 10. _Open thou thy mouth wide, &c._] If thou be straitened, it is not in me, but in...
_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 greatest solemnity, and the most unquestionable cer...
A JOYFUL SALUTATION AND GOD'S RESPONSE. To the chief musician upon Gittith, to be sung to the accompaniment of the zitherlike instrument which David brought along from the Philistine city of Gath, a...
I am the Lord, thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, Exodus 20:2; OPEN THY MOUTH WIDE, to receive the great spiritual blessings due to the people of the covenant, AND I WILL FILL IT, H...
8-16 We cannot look for too little from the creature, nor too much from the Creator. We may have enough from God, if we pray for it in faith. All the wickedness of the world is owing to man's wilfuln...
Psalms 81:10 LORD H3068 God H430 brought H5927 (H8688) land H776 Egypt H4714 mouth H6310 wide H7337 ...
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 they are to suit the dogmas of modern thought, for «th...
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 be as natural for us to praise God as it is for the...
CONTENTS: God chides His people for their ingratitude and pictures their happy state had they but obeyed Him. CHARACTERS: God, Asaph, Joseph, Jacob. CONCLUSION: God gives those up to their own heart...
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 first day of the Hebrew month of _Tisri,_ or the new m...
_Open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it._ THE MORE MORALLY HUNGRY, THE BETTER FED I. Good men are the subjects of moral hunger--a craving for the chief good, hungering and thirsting after righteous...
_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) 1. True worship is the highest happiness, which consi...
PSALM PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 81:1. This psalm resembles the OT prophets’ oracles, so perhaps it is best to think of it as a prophetic hymn. The primary function of the OT prophets is to challenge God’s...
PSALM—NOTE ON PSALMS 81:8 I AM THE LORD YOUR GOD, WHO BROUGHT YOU UP OUT OF THE LAND OF EGYPT is very similar to the preface to the Ten Commandments ...
INTRODUCTION _Superscription_.—“_To the chief Musician upon Gittith_.” Gittith is explained in several ways. One interpretation is that it was a musical instrument invented in Gath, or common among th...
EXPOSITION PROFESSOR CHEYNE regards this psalm as composed of "two distinct lyrical passages," accidentally thrown together (compare his theory of Psalms 19:1, Psalms 24:1, Psalms 36:1
Let's turn to Psalms 81:1-16. On the first day of the seventh month in the Jewish calendar, which, because their calendar begins, the religious calendar begins the first of April, it usually coincides...
Ephesians 3:19; Ephesians 3:20; Exodus 20:2; Jeremiah 11:4; J
Wide — Either to pray for mercies, or to receive the mercies which I am ready to give you....