Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Psalms 81:7
Calledst — At the Red Sea. Secret place — From the dark and cloudy pillar, whence I thundered against the Egyptians.
Calledst — At the Red Sea. Secret place — From the dark and cloudy pillar, whence I thundered against the Egyptians.
Verse Psalms 81:7. _THOU CALLEDST IN TROUBLE_] They had _cried_ by reason of their burdens, and the cruelty of their task-masters; and God heard that cry, and delivered them. See Exodus 3:7, c. _IN...
THOU CALLEDST IN TROUBLE - The people of Israel. Exodus 2:23; Exodus 3:9; Exodus 14:10. AND I DELIVERED THEE - I brought the people out of Egypt....
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...
IN, or from. PROVED. Compare Exodus 17:6; Numbers 20:1. SELAH. Connecting the merciful deliverance with the reason why Israel should hearken. See App-66....
From the divine decree for Israel's liberation the transition to an address to Israel is easy. Israel of the present is regarded as one with Israel of the past. _Thou calledst_&c. For the phrase cp....
I ANSWERED THEE IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THUNDER— _I spoke to thee in the obscurity of thunder._...
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...
This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. -The deliverance described on which God's claim on Israel and...
SECRET PLACE OF THUNDER] THE PILLAR OF CLOUD AND FIRE: SEE EXODUS 14:24. MERIBAH] = 'Strife': see Numbers 20:13. SELAH] see on Psalms 3:4....
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...
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
THOU CALLEDST. — The recital of God’s past dealings with the people usual at the Feast of the Tabernacles (Deuteronomy 31:10; Nehemiah 8:18) appears to follow here as if the feast were actually in pro...
_[Psalms 81:8]_ בַּ † צָּרָ֥ה קָרָ֗אתָ וָ...
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...
SING UNTO GOD, THE DELIVERER Psalms 81:1 It is supposed that this psalm was composed for use at the great Hebrew festivals and especially at the Passover, which is referred to in Psalms 81:5; Psalms...
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...
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I (g) answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. (g) By a strange and wonderful fashion....
Men. Hebrew Adam, or "like a man" (Montanus; Haydock) of the meanest rank. --- Princes. Among men, (Calmet) or like Lucifer, the first of the rebel angels. (Eusebius) (St. Justin Martyr, Dialogue with...
These are sweet views of God's former dealings with his people; and a reference to Israel's history will mark out the several periods here spoken of. But, Reader! do not you and I also see our own his...
7_Thou didst cry in trouble, and I delivered thee. _Here the same subject is prosecuted. By their crying when they were in distress, I understand the prayers which they then offered to God. It sometim...
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,...
THOU CALLEDST IN TROUBLE, AND I DELIVERED THEE,.... That is, when Israel were in trouble in Egypt, as the Targum adds, and they cried unto the Lord in their distress, he heard them, and answered them,...
Thou calledst in trouble, and I delivered thee; I answered thee in the secret place of thunder: I proved thee at the waters of Meribah. Selah. Ver. 7. _Thou calledst in trouble_] Their trouble called...
_I removed his shoulder_ That is, the shoulder of my people; _from the burden_ I delivered them from the burdensome slavery of Egypt. _His hands were delivered from the pots_ Hebrew, מדוד תעברנה, _his...
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...
Thou calledst in trouble, when the Egyptians oppressed them, AND I DELIVERED THEE, Exodus 2:24; I ANSWERED THEE IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THUNDER, literally, the veil of the thunder, the pillar of cloud,...
MERIBAH: Or, strife...
1-7 All the worship we can render to the Lord is beneath his excellences, and our obligations to him, especially in our redemption from sin and wrath. What God had done on Israel's behalf, was kept i...
THOU CALLEDST IN TROUBLE; at the Red Sea, EXODUS 14:10. IN THE SECRET PLACE OF THUNDER; from the dark and cloudy pillar, whence I thundered and fought against the Egyptians. See Exodus 13:21, Exodus 1...
Psalms 81:7 called H7121 (H8804) trouble H6869 delivered H2502 (H8762) answered H6030 (H8799) place H5643 thunder...
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...
_I answered thee in the secret place of thunder._ ANSWERS TO PRAYER OFTEN COME MYSTERIOUSLY God has a thousand “secret” ways of granting our requests. I. He may do it by a wave of air. A man is the...
_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 81:4 THE GOD OF JACOB worked on behalf of his people to deliver them from slavery in EGYPT (see Exodus 6:6)....
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...
Deuteronomy 33:8; Exodus 14:10; Exodus 14:24; Exodus 14:30; Exodus 14