Revised Literal Translation
Psalms 81:2
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
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 aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Psalms 81:2
- Psalms 92:3Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
- Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing unto Yhwh: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
- Psalms 149:1Praise Yah. Sing unto Yhwh a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.
- Mark 14:26And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
- Ephesians 5:19Speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody in your heart to the Lord;
- Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
- James 5:13Is any among you afflicted? let him pray. Is any merry? let him sing psalms.
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
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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
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