King James Version
Psalms 81:4 in the King James Version says “For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.” — study this verse from Psalms chapter 81 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.”
Psalms 81:4 · KJV
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 our solemn feast day.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
This 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. through: or, against
I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots. were: Heb. passed away
KJV Study — Public Domain
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“For this was a statute”
H2706an enactment; hence, an appointment (of time, space, quantity, labor or usage)
“for Israel”
H3478he will rule as god; jisral, a symbolical name of jacob; also (typically) of his posterity
he (she or it); only expressed when emphatic or without a verb; also (intensively) self, or (especially with the article) the same; sometimes (as demo
“and a law”
H4941properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, ind
“of the God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
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