PSAL. LXXXI.
This Psalm seems to have been made for the use of the Church in solemn Feasts, particularly either upon every first day of the Month, or upon the first day of the seventh month which was celebrated with a more solemn blast of Trumpets, Levit. 23. 24. Numb. 29. 1. Because that Month was more sa∣cred than others by reason of the concurrence of di∣vers Religious Solemnities in it.
To the chief musician upon Gittith a 1.1, a Psalm ‖ 1.2 of Asaph.
1 SIng aloud unto God our strength b 1.3: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel▪ the pleasant harp with the psaltery c 1.4.
3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon d 1.5, in the time appointed, on our solemn Feast-day e 1.6▪
4 For * 1.7 this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob f 1.8.
This g 1.9 he ordained in Joseph h 1.10 for a testimo∣ny i 1.11, when he k 1.12 went out l 1.13 ‖ 1.14 through the land of Egypt m 1.15: where I n 1.16 heard a language that I † 1.17 understood not o 1.18.
6 I removed his shoulder from the burden p 1.19: his hands † 1.20 were delivered from the pots q 1.21.