Psalms 81

KJV · Capítulo 81/150

1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.

2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.

5This 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.

6I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots.

7Thou 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.

8Hear, O my people, and I will testify unto thee: O Israel, if thou wilt hearken unto me;

9There shall no strange god be in thee; neither shalt thou worship any strange god.

10I am the Lord thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt: open thy mouth wide, and I will fill it.

11But my people would not hearken to my voice; and Israel would none of me.

12So I gave them up unto their own hearts’ lust: and they walked in their own counsels.

13Oh that my people had hearkened unto me, and Israel had walked in my ways!

14I should soon have subdued their enemies, and turned my hand against their adversaries.

15The haters of the Lord should have submitted themselves unto him: but their time should have endured for ever.

16He should have fed them also with the finest of the wheat: and with honey out of the rock should I have satisfied thee.

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Resumo

Um convite festivo para celebrar a Deus com música, lembrando a libertação do Egito; depois o tom muda para um apelo divino: se Israel tivesse ouvido a Deus, teria vivido em paz e fartura.

Explicação

O salmo está ligado a uma festa israelita (provavelmente a Festa dos Tabernáculos ou a Lua Nova, mencionada no v.3), momento de celebrar com instrumentos musicais a libertação do Egito. A partir do verso 8, a voz muda: é o próprio Deus que fala, relembrando o mandamento de não ter 'deus estranho' e lamentando que o povo não quis ouvir. Esse padrão profético dentro de um salmo de louvor mostra que adoração verdadeira anda junto com obediência, não é só celebração externa. A aplicação hoje é que a alegria da fé é mais plena quando acompanhada de um coração disposto a ouvir e seguir.

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