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 with joy to praise God! He is the one who makes us strong! Shout aloud to the God of Jacob. Start the music! Beat your tambourines! Make beautiful music on your harps and lyres. 3Start the New Moon Festival with the sound of the trumpet. Also do it on the day of the Full Moon. 4This is a rule for Israel's people. The God of Jacob commanded us to do it.

Psalms 81:2 word by word

שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Takeנָשָׂאnâώâ' nâsâh · to lift: raiseH5375
• a psalmזִמְרָהzimrâh · melodyH2172
• and bringנָתַןnâthan · to give: cry outH5414
• hither the timbrelתֹּףtôph · tambourineH8596
• the pleasantנָעִיםnâ‛îym · musicalH5273
• harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôr · lyreH3658
• with the psalteryנֵ֫בֶלnebel nêbel · harpH5035

Cross-references for Psalms 81:2

• Psalms 92:3We make beautiful music with lutes, harps and lyres.
• Psalms 95:1Come now! Let us sing together to worship the Lord! We will shout aloud to praise God, the strong Rock who makes us safe!
• Psalms 149:1Hallelujah! Praise the Lord! Sing a new song to worship the Lord. When his own people meet together, they should praise him.
• Mark 14:26Then Jesus and his disciples sang a song to praise God. Then they went out to the Mount of Olives.
• Ephesians 5:19He will help you to speak to each other with all kinds of spiritual songs. Sing psalms from the Bible, and Christian songs. Praise the Lord with songs from inside yourselves.
• Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message always be in your thoughts, with all the good things that it brings. Use that message to teach and to warn each other. Be very wise as you do that. And also sing all kinds of spiritual songs to praise God. Sing psalms and Christian songs. As you sing, thank God from inside yourselves.
• James 5:13Is anyone among you in trouble? Then they should pray to God about it. Or, is anyone feeling happy? They should praise God with songs.

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