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Psalms 33:2
2Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!
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 godly ones, shout for joy because of the Lord! It is appropriate for the morally upright to offer him praise. Give thanks to the Lord with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument! 3Sing to him a new song! Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him! 4For the Lord’s decrees are just, and everything he does is fair.
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הוֹד֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּנֵ֥בֶל עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר זַמְּרוּ־לֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 33:2
- Psalms 81:2Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
- Psalms 92:3to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre, to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.
- Psalms 98:4Shout out praises to the Lord, all the earth! Break out in a joyful shout and sing!
- Psalms 144:9O God, I will sing a new song to you! Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,
- Psalms 149:3Let them praise his name with dancing! Let them sing praises to him to the accompaniment of the tambourine and harp!
- Psalms 150:3Praise him with the blast of the horn! Praise him with the lyre and the harp!
- Exodus 15:20Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a hand-drum in her hand, and all the women went out after her with hand-drums and with dances.
- 2 Samuel 6:5while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before the Lord, singing and playing various stringed instruments, tambourines, rattles, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16David told the leaders of the Levites to appoint some of their relatives as musicians; they were to play various instruments, including stringed instruments and cymbals, and to sing loudly and joyfully.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah – six in all, under supervision of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied as he played a harp, giving thanks and praise to the Lord.
- Revelation 5:8and when he had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders threw themselves to the ground before the Lamb. Each of them had a harp and golden bowls full of incense (which are the prayers of the saints).
- Revelation 14:2I also heard a sound coming out of heaven like the sound of many waters and like the sound of loud thunder. Now the sound I heard was like that made by harpists playing their harps,
- 1 Chronicles 13:8while David and all Israel were energetically celebrating before God, singing and playing various stringed instruments, 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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