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诗篇 92:3
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Contextual Overview
A psalm. A song for the Sabbath day.
It is good to praise you, Lord , to sing praises to God Most High. 2 It is good to tell of your love in the morning and of your loyalty at night. 3 It is good to praise you with the ten-stringed lyre and with the soft-sounding harp. 4 Lord , you have made me happy by what you have done; I will sing for joy about what your hands have done. 5 Lord , you have done such great things! How deep are your thoughts! 6 Stupid people don't know these things, and fools don't understand.Bible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
instrument: Psalms 33:2, Psalms 57:8, Psalms 68:25, Psalms 81:2, Psalms 81:3, Psalms 149:3, Psalms 150:3-5, 1 Chronicles 15:16, 1 Chronicles 25:6, 2 Chronicles 23:5, 2 Chronicles 29:25
the harp: etc. or, the solemn sound with the harp
a solemn sound: Heb. Higgaion, Psalms 9:16
Reciprocal: 1 Chronicles 15:21 - harps 2 Chronicles 5:12 - cymbals 2 Chronicles 20:28 - with psalteries Psalms 98:5 - General Psalms 150:4 - stringed Revelation 14:2 - harpers
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Upon an instrument of ten strings,.... An harp of ten strings, as the Targum. The harp invented by Terpander had only seven strings c; according to Pliny d; Simonides added the eighth, and Timotheus the ninth; but this of David was of ten strings:
and upon the psaltery; of which :-, "upon the harp with a solemn sound"; or "upon higgaon with the harp"; which "higgaon", Aben Ezra says, was either the tune of a song, or an instrument of music; all these instruments of music were typical of the spiritual joy and melody which the saints have in their hearts when they praise the Lord; hence mention is made of harps in particular in this spiritual sense, under the Gospel dispensation, Revelation 5:8.
c Suidas in voce τερπανδρος. Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56. d Ibid.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Upon an instrument of ten strings - The general idea in this verse is, that instruments “of all kinds” are to be employed in celebrating the praises of God. On the instrument here referred to, see the notes at Psalms 33:2.
And upon the psaltery - Or “lyre.” See the notes at Isaiah 5:12. The word is there translated viol.
Upon the harp with a solemn sound - Margin, upon the solemn sound with the harp.” Prof. Alexander renders this, “On meditation with a harp.” On the word rendered “harp,” see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. The Hebrew word rendered “solemn sound” is הגיון higgâyôn which means properly “murmur;” then, the sound of a harp; and then, meditation. See the notes at Psalms 9:16. Here the meaning seems to be, “with murmurs upon the harp;” that is, with the sound of the harp - its murmuring tones. It does not denote here a distinct instrument of music, but it refers to the tones of the harp: not to the meditations of the mind - of the worshipper - but to the low and gentle sounds of the instrument itself.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 92:3. Upon an instrument of ten strings — Eusebius, in his comment on this Psalm, says: Ψαλτηριον δε δεκαχορδον, ἡ του Ἁγιου Πνευματος δια των αισθητηριων πεντε μεν του σωματος, ισαριθμων δε της ψυχης δυναμεων, επιτελουμενη λατρεια· "The Psaltery of ten strings is the worship of the Holy Spirit, performed by means of the five senses of the body, and by the five powers of the soul." And, to confirm this interpretation, he quotes the apostle, 1 Corinthians 14:15: "I will pray with the spirit, and with the understanding also; I will sing with the spirit, and with the understanding also." "As the mind has its influence by which it moves the body, so the spirit has its own influence by which it moves the soul." Whatever may be thought of this gloss, one thing is pretty evident from it, that instrumental music was not in use in the Church of Christ in the time of Eusebius, which was near the middle of the fourth century. Had any such thing then existed in the Christian Church, he would have doubtless alluded to or spiritualized it; or, as he quoted the words of the apostle above, would have shown that carnal usages were substituted for spiritual exercises. I believe the whole verse should be translated thus: Upon the asur, upon the nebel, upon the higgayon, with the kinnor. Thus it stands in the Hebrew.