Guiding Questions: Psalms 81

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. In what way is God to be praised in these passages — by dance? Or in some other mode?
  2. In the liturgy of what holiday do Psalms 81:4-5 appear?
  3. If this mode of worship is “a law” (Psalms 81:6) — does it relate, then, to a particular holiday or time of the year?
  4. If Psalms 81:7-8 make reference to the Exodus from Egypt, to what might Psalms 81:9-11 refer?
  5. What is the plaint of Divinity in Psalms 81:12-14?
  6. And, in Psalms 81:9-13, what is the Psalmist’s plaint?
  7. In Psalms 81:15-17, what is the request of the Psalmist and would this request indicate a time of trouble when this particular Psalm was written?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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