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Psalms 150:4
4Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes!
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 him for his mighty works; praise his unequaled greatness! 3Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn; praise him with the lyre and harp! Praise him with the tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and flutes! 5Praise him with a clash of cymbals; praise him with loud clanging cymbals. 6Let everything that breathes sing praises to the Lord! 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 the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine and led all the women as they played their tambourines and danced.
- Psalms 149:3Praise his name with dancing, accompanied by tambourine and harp.
- Psalms 33:2Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
- Psalms 92:3accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre.
- Psalms 144:9I will sing a new song to you, O God! I will sing your praises with a ten-stringed harp.
- Isaiah 38:20Think of it—the Lord is ready to heal me! I will sing his praises with instruments every day of my life in the Temple of the Lord.
- Habakkuk 3:19The Sovereign Lord is my strength! He makes me as surefooted as a deer, able to tread upon the heights. (For the choir director: This prayer is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.)
- Job 30:31My harp plays sad music, and my flute accompanies those who weep.
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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