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Psalms 150:4
4Praise him with the tambour and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe;
Psalms 150:4 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.
- New International Version (NIV)praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,
- English Standard Version (ESV)Praise him with tambourine and dance; praise him with strings and pipe!
- New King James Version (NKJV)Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed instruments and flutes!
Context of Psalms 150:4
2Praise him in his mighty acts; praise him according to the abundance of his greatness. 3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp; Praise him with the tambour and dance; praise him with stringed instruments and the pipe; 5Praise him with loud cymbals; praise him with high sounding cymbals. 6Let everything that hath breath praise Jah. Hallelujah!
Read all of Psalms 150Psalms 150:4 word by word
הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ בְתֹ֣ף וּמָח֑וֹל הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּמִנִּ֥ים וְעוּגָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 150:4
- Exodus 15:20And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the tambour in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambours and with dances.
- Psalms 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp.
- Psalms 33:2Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
- Psalms 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp.
- Psalms 144:9O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
- Isaiah 38:20Jehovah was [purposed] to save me. — And we will play upon my stringed instruments all the days of our life, in the house of Jehovah.
- Habakkuk 3:19Jehovah, the Lord, is my strength, And he maketh my feet like hinds' [feet], And he will make me to walk upon my high places. To the chief Musician. On my stringed instruments.
- Job 30:31My harp also is [turned] to mourning, and my pipe into the voice of weepers.
Commentaries on Psalms 150:4
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 4Praise him with the timbrel - Hebrew, תף tôph See this described in the notes at Isaiah 5:12. It is rendered tabret and tabrets in Genesis 31:27; 1 Samuel 10:5; 1 Samuel 18:6; Isaiah 5:12; Isaiah 24:8; Isaiah 30:32; Jeremiah 31:4; Ezekiel 28:13; timbrel and timbrels in Exodus 15:20; Judges 11:34; 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 13:8; Job 21:12; Psalm 81:2; Psalm 149:3; and in the margin in Jeremiah 31:4. The word does not occur elsewhere. It was an instrument…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3-5The psalmist calls all people to praise God with instruments and dancing. flutes: These are wind instruments (instruments you blow into to make sound). The Bible does not mention them as part of formal temple worship. This suggests they were used more in everyday life or celebrations, rather than in official worship at the temple. clashing cymbals: Temple musicians clapped two bronze bowls together to make a loud sound as part of the music.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 3-43-4. trumpet--used to call religious assemblies;Read the comment
- Rashi on Tanakh · v. 4with stringed instrument and flute Heb. במנים ועגב. They are kinds of musical instruments.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 150
- 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
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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