Psalms 33:2

Psalms 33:2 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
• New International Version (NIV)Praise the Lord with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!
• New King James Version (NKJV)Praise the Lord with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.

Context of Psalms 33:2

1Exult, ye righteous, in Jehovah: praise is comely for the upright. Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute. 3Sing unto him a new song; play skilfully with a loud sound. 4For the word of Jehovah is right, and all his work is in faithfulness.

Psalms 33:2 word by word

הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

• Giveיָדָהyâdâh · to give thanksH3034
• harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658
• singזָמַרzâmar · to singH2167

Cross-references for Psalms 33:2

• Psalms 81:2Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
• Psalms 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp.
• Psalms 98:4Shout aloud unto Jehovah, all the earth; break forth and shout for joy, and sing psalms.
• Psalms 144:9O God, I will sing a new song unto thee; with the ten-stringed lute will I sing psalms unto thee:
• Psalms 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance; let them sing psalms unto him with the tambour and harp.
• Psalms 150:3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with lute and harp;
• 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.
• 2 Samuel 6:5And David and all the house of Israel played before Jehovah on all manner of [instruments made of] cypress wood, with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with sistra, and with cymbals.
• 1 Chronicles 15:16And David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren, the singers, with instruments of music, lutes, and harps, and cymbals, that they should sound aloud, lifting up the voice with joy.
• 1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Isaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, [and Shimei] six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.
• Revelation 5:8And when it took the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell before the Lamb, having each a harp and golden bowls full of incenses, which are the prayers of the saints.
• Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice out of the heaven as a voice of many waters, and as a voice of great thunder. And the voice which I heard [was] as of harp-singers harping with their harps;
• 1 Chronicles 13:8And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with lutes, and with tambours, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

Commentaries on Psalms 33:2

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 2Praise the Lord with harp - כנור kinnor ; probably something like our harp: but Calmet thinks it the ancient testudo, or lyre with three strings. The psalter - נבל nebel . Our translation seems to make a third instrument in this place, by rendering עשור asor, an instrument of ten strings; whereas they should both be joined together, for עשור נבל nebel -asor signifies the nebal, or nabla, with ten strings, or holes. Calmet supposes this to have resembled…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 2Praise the Lord with harp - For a description of the “harp,” see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. Sing unto him with the psaltery - For the meaning of this word, also, see the notes at Isaiah 5:12, where the word is rendered “viol.” And an instrument of ten strings - The word “and” is supplied here by the translators as if, in this place, a third instrument was referred to, distinct from the harp and the psaltery. The more correct rendering, however, would be…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 1-3The psalmist urges the godly to praise the Lord with melodies, with a new song, and with skillfully-played music.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1-221-3. The sentiment falls in with Psa 32:11 (compare 1Co 14:15). The instruments (Psa 92:3; 144:9) do not exclude the voice.Read the comment

Topics related to Psalms 33:2

• Harp
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• Psaltery

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Commentaries on Psalms 33

• 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
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings