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Asaph wrote this song for the music leader. Use special music.

God gives us strength[a]

81 Sing with joy to praise God!
    He is the one who makes us strong!
Shout aloud to the God of Jacob.[b]
Start the music! Beat your tambourines!
    Make beautiful music on your harps and lyres.

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Footnotes

  1. 81:1 This psalm was written to sing at a festival. It was probably the Festival of Huts. See Leviticus 23:33-43.
  2. 81:1 ‘Jacob’ is another name for ‘Israel’, so ‘God of Jacob’ means Israel's God.