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Psalms 33:2
2Pick up your harp and praise the Lord! Make music for him with a lyre that has ten strings.
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
1You righteous people, sing to praise the Lord, and be happy! It is right for good, honest people to do that. Pick up your harp and praise the Lord! Make music for him with a lyre that has ten strings. 3Sing to him a new song! Make beautiful music, as you sing aloud to praise him. 4Yes! The Lord's message is true. We can always trust him to do what is right.
Read all of Psalms 33Psalms 33:2 word by word
הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Psalms 33:2
- Psalms 81:2Start the music! Beat your tambourines! Make beautiful music on your harps and lyres.
- Psalms 92:3We make beautiful music with lutes, harps and lyres.
- Psalms 98:4All people on the earth should shout aloud to praise the Lord! Sing happy songs to praise him!
- Psalms 144:9I will sing to you a new song, God. I will make music to you on my harp.
- 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 150:3Praise him with music! Yes! Use trumpets, harps and lyres to praise God!
- 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.
- 2 Samuel 6:5David and all Israel's people were singing and dancing with all their strength to praise the Lord. They made music with harps, lyres, tambourines, shakers and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16David told the leaders of the Levites to choose some of their relatives to be musicians. Some would sing songs. Some would make music with lyres, harps and cymbals. They would sing loud and happy songs.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3From Jeduthun's sons, there were six musicians: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah. Their father Jeduthun had authority over their work. He spoke messages from God while he made music with a harp. He also sang to thank the Lord and to praise him.
- Revelation 5:8When he had taken the book, the four beings and the 24 leaders fell down to the ground in front of the Lamb. They worshipped him. Each leader had a harp to make music. They were also holding gold bowls which were full of incense. That nice smell shows what it is like when God's people pray to him.
- Revelation 14:2Then I heard a loud sound which came from heaven. The noise was like water that pours along a river very fast. It was like the loud noise of thunder. The sound was like people who were making music with harps.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all the Israelites were singing and dancing with all their strength to praise God. They made music with harps, lyres, tambourines, cymbals and 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
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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
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