{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/cmt/jfb/psa081.htm","path":"bib/cmt/jfb/psa081.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/cmt/jfb/psa081.htm","text":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882]\nour strength-- (Psa 38:7).\nunites the most joyful kinds of music, vocal and instrumental.\nthe new moon--or the month.\nthe time appointed--(Compare Pro 7:20).\na testimony--The feasts, especially the passover, attested God's relation to His people.\nJoseph--for Israel (Psa 80:1).\nwent out through--or, \"over,\" that is, Israel in the exodus.\nI heard--change of person. The writer speaks for the nation.\nlanguage--literally, \"lip\" (Psa 14:1). An aggravation or element of their distress that their oppressors were foreigners (Deu 28:49).\nGod's language alludes to the burdensome slavery of the Israelites.\nsecret place--the cloud from which He troubled the Egyptians (Exo 14:24).\nproved thee-- (Psa 7:10; Psa 17:3) --tested their faith by the miracle.\n(Compare Psa 50:7). The reproof follows to Psa 81:12.\nif thou wilt hearken--He then propounds the terms of His covenant: they should worship Him alone, who (Psa 81:10) had delivered them, and would still confer all needed blessings.\nThey failed, and He gave them up to their own desires and hardness of heart (Deu 29:18; Pro 1:30; Rom 11:25).\nObedience would have secured all promised blessings and the subjection of foes. In this passage, \"should have,\" \"would have,\" &c., are better, \"should\" and \"would\" expressing God's intention at the time, that is, when they left Egypt.","title":"A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments: Psalms: Psalms Chapter 81","type":"page"}