Psalms 81:2

Psalms 81:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
• New International Version (NIV)Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
• New King James Version (NKJV)Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.

Context of Psalms 81:2

1Sing aloud unto God our strength: Make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, At the full moon, on our feast-day. 4For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.

Psalms 81:2 word by word

שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃Read the interlinear

Cross-references for Psalms 81:2

• Psalms 92:3With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
• Psalms 95:1Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
• Psalms 149:1Praise ye Jehovah. Sing unto Jehovah a new song, And his praise in the assembly of the saints.
• Mark 14:26And when they had sung a hymn, they went out unto the mount of Olives.
• Ephesians 5:19speaking one to another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody with your heart to the Lord;
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts unto God.
• James 5:13Is any among you suffering? let him pray. Is any cheerful? let him sing praise.

Commentaries on Psalms 81:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Take a psalm - זמרה zimrah . I rather think that this was the name of a musical instrument. Bring hither the timbrel - תף toph ; some kind of drum or tom tom. The pleasant harp - כנור kinnor . Probably a sistrum, or something like it. A Stringed instrument. With the psaltery - נבל nebel, the nabla . The cithara, Septuagint.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Take a psalm - literally, “Lift up a psalm; perhaps, as we should say, “Raise the tune.” Or, it may mean, Take an ode, a hymn, a psalm, composed for the occasion, and accompany it with the instruments of music which are specified. And bring hither the timbrel - For the purpose of praise. On the meaning of this word rendered “timbrel” - תף tôph - see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. The pleasant harp - On the word here rendered “harp” - כנור kinnôr - see also…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 2An Israelite tambourine was a hand drum with a round frame and skin cover. People used it as a percussion instrument during celebrations, often to accompany dancing (Psalms 68:25; 149:3; 150:4). The sweet-sounding harp and lyre, both stringed instruments, are the most frequently mentioned instruments in the psalms (for example, Psalms 33:2; 57:8; 71:22; 150:3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 22. unites the most joyful kinds of music, vocal and instrumental.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 81:2

• Harp
• Music
• Psaltery
• Timbrel

In the dictionaries

• Asaph
• Gittith
• Lust
• Psalms
• God
• Joy
• Korahites; Sons of Korah
• Music
• Psalms, Book of
• Trumpets, Feast of

Commentaries on Psalms 81

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• The Treasury of David
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings