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Worship is God's Right
Commentators emphasize that worship and celebration are not merely good ideas but a divine "statute" and "ordinance." It's described as a right that God claims from His people, a perpetual law rooted in His covenant with them. This isn't a human invention or a matter of convenience; it's a response due to the God of Jacob.
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Albert Barnes
On Psalms 81:4
18th Century
Theologian
For this was a statute for Israel... - (). That is, it was a law for the whole Jewish people, for all who had the name Israel, for …
Charles Ellicott
On Psalms 81:4
19th Century
Bishop
For this. —Better, for it is a statute. Referring either to the feast itself or to the mode of celebrating it.
Charles Spurgeon
On Psalm 81:2–6
19th Century
Preacher
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on…
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John Calvin
On Psalms 81:4
16th Century
Theologian
For this is a statute to Israel. To give greater effect to the preceding exhortation, it is taught here that this law or ordinance had bee…
John Gill
On Psalms 81:4
17th Century
Pastor
For this was a statute for Israel
It was not a piece of will worship, or device of the children of Israel, but was o…
Matthew Henry
On Psalms 81:1–7
17th Century
Minister
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. W…