New American Standard Bible 1995
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
1Sing for joy in the Lord, O you righteous ones; Praise is becoming to the upright. Give thanks to the Lord with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings. 3Sing to Him a new song; Play skillfully with a shout of joy. 4For the word of the Lord is upright, And all His work is done in faithfulness.
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הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 33:2
- Psalms 81:2Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
- Psalms 92:3With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music upon the lyre.
- Psalms 98:4Shout joyfully to the Lord, all the earth; Break forth and sing for joy and sing praises.
- Psalms 144:9I will sing a new song to You, O God; Upon a harp of ten strings I will sing praises to You,
- Psalms 149:3Let them praise His name with dancing; Let them sing praises to Him with timbrel and lyre.
- Psalms 150:3Praise Him with trumpet sound; Praise Him with harp and lyre.
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took the timbrel in her hand, and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dancing.
- 2 Samuel 6:5Meanwhile, David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the Lord with all kinds of instruments made of fir wood, and with lyres, harps, tambourines, castanets and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16Then David spoke to the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their relatives the singers, with instruments of music, harps, lyres, loud-sounding cymbals, to raise sounds of joy.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah and Mattithiah, six, under the direction of their father Jeduthun with the harp, who prophesied in giving thanks and praising the Lord.
- Revelation 5:8When He had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one holding a harp and golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.
- Revelation 14:2And I heard a voice from heaven, like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder, and the voice which I heard was like the sound of harpists playing on their harps.
- 1 Chronicles 13:8David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, even with songs and with lyres, harps, tambourines, 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
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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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