What does Psalm 81:3 mean?

Psalm 81:3 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply Psalm 81:3 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

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

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.

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