“For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.”
The theological grounding is provided: "For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob." The command to celebrate is grounded in divine statute and ordinance; what appears as spontaneous joy is actually the fulfillment of a covenantal obligation. The repetition of "Jacob" reinforces the connection to ancient tradition.
Church Fathers on Psalms 81:4
1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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