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 ye joyously unto God our strength, shout aloud unto the God of Jacob; Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute. 3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the set time, on our feast day: 4For this 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

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Cross-references for Psalms 81:2

• Psalms 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings and upon the lute; upon the Higgaion with the harp.
• Psalms 95:1Come, let us sing aloud to Jehovah, let us shout for joy to the rock of our salvation;
• Psalms 149:1Hallelujah! Sing unto Jehovah a new song; [sing] his praise in the congregation of the godly.
• Mark 14:26And having sung a hymn, they went out to the mount of Olives.
• Ephesians 5:19speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and chanting with your heart to the Lord;
• Colossians 3:16Let the word of the Christ dwell in you richly, in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another, in psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to God.
• James 5:13Does any one among you suffer evil? let him pray. Is any happy? let him sing psalms.

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