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Psalms 150:4
4Dance and hit drums to praise him! Make music with harps and flutes to praise him!
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 God for the great things that he has done. Praise him because he is great and powerful. 3Praise him with music! Yes! Use trumpets, harps and lyres to praise God! Dance and hit drums to praise him! Make music with harps and flutes to praise him! 5Make music with big cymbals and small cymbals to praise him! 6Everything that is alive should praise the Lord. Hallelujah! Praise the Lord!
Read all of Psalms 150Psalms 150:4 word by word
הַֽ֭לְלוּהוּ בְתֹ֣ף וּמָח֑וֹל הַֽ֝לְל֗וּהוּ בְּמִנִּ֥ים וְעוּגָֽב׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 150:4
- Exodus 15:20Then Miriam, Aaron's sister, who was a prophet, took a tambourine in her hand. All the other women followed her, with tambourines in their hands. They danced while Miriam sang to them.
- Psalms 149:3Yes, dance to praise the name of the Lord. Take your harps and tambourines and make music to praise him with your songs.
- Psalms 33:2Pick up your harp and praise the Lord! Make music for him with a lyre that has ten strings.
- Psalms 92:3We make beautiful music with lutes, harps and lyres.
- Psalms 144:9I will sing to you a new song, God. I will make music to you on my harp.
- Isaiah 38:20The Lord will now save me from death. We will sing to thank the Lord in his temple. We will sing with happy music every day of our lives.
- Habakkuk 3:19The Lord God causes me to be strong. He makes my feet run safely over the rocks and hills, like a deer's feet. This prayer is for the music leader. He must use stringed instruments.
- Job 30:31Now, when I make music with my harp, I only sing funeral songs. When I make music with my flute, I do it for people who are weeping.’
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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