the Week of Proper 20 / Ordinary 25
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Psalms 81:2
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Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine,The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Take the psalterie: bryng hyther the tabret, the merie harpe, with the lute.
Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute.
Lift up a song, and the timbrel, the pleasing lyre with the harp.
Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play the pleasant harps and lyres.
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.
Take a Psalme, and bring hither the timbrell: the pleasant harpe with the psalterie.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Take ye psalme, brynge hither the tabret, the mery harpe & lute.
Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Take up the melody, playing on an instrument of music, even on corded instruments.
Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!
Sing as you play tambourines and the lovely sounding stringed instruments.
Sing for joy to God our strength! Shout to the God of Ya‘akov!
Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.
Take a psalm and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, The pleasant lyre with the harp.
Sing aloud unto God our strength; shout unto the God of Jacob.
Sing a song, beat the timbrel. Play the sweet-sounding harps.
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
Raise a melody, and strike the timbrel, The lyre so sweet, with the harp:
(80-3) Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
Lift up a song and strike the tambourine, the pleasant lyre, together with the harp.
Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.
Raise a song, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp.
Begin the music. Play the tambourines. Play pleasant music on the harps and lyres.
Start the music and beat the tambourines; play pleasant music on the harps and the lyres.
Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp.
Take ye a salm, and yyue ye a tympan; a myrie sautere with an harpe.
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
Raise a song, sound the timbrel, the sweet lyre with the harp.
Contextual Overview
For the choir director: A psalm of Asaph, to be accompanied by a stringed instrument.
Sing praises to God, our strength. Sing to the God of Jacob. 2 Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp. 3 Blow the ram's horn at new moon, and again at full moon to call a festival! 4 For this is required by the decrees of Israel; it is a regulation of the God of Jacob. 5 He made it a law for Israel when he attacked Egypt to set us free. I heard an unknown voice say, 6 "Now I will take the load from your shoulders; I will free your hands from their heavy tasks. 7 You cried to me in trouble, and I saved you; I answered out of the thundercloud and tested your faith when there was no water at Meribah. InterludeBible Verse Review
from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
Psalms 92:3, Psalms 95:1, Psalms 95:2, Psalms 149:1-3, Mark 14:26, Ephesians 5:19, Colossians 3:16, James 5:13
Reciprocal: Exodus 15:20 - all the 1 Chronicles 15:21 - harps 1 Chronicles 25:1 - harps Psalms 33:2 - Praise Psalms 43:4 - upon Psalms 98:6 - trumpets Psalms 108:2 - Awake Psalms 137:2 - we hanged Psalms 149:3 - with the timbrel Psalms 150:3 - with the sound Isaiah 30:32 - every place Revelation 5:8 - having
Gill's Notes on the Bible
Take a psalm,.... Or "lift one up" y; hold up the book, and read and sing it; or rather, lift up the voice in singing a psalm:
and bring hither the timbrel; or "give one" z, put the hand to one:
the pleasant harp with the psaltery; make use of all these musical instruments in singing, and so make an agreeable melody: these were used in the times of the Old Testament, and were typical of the spiritual joy and melody in the heart, expressed by vocal singing, under the New Testament; see Revelation 5:8.
y שאן "attollite", Piscator; "tollite", Cocceius, Amama, Gejerus. z תנו "date", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
Take 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 the notes at Isaiah 5:12. The word translated “pleasant” - נעים nâ‛ı̂ym - means properly pleasant, agreeable, sweet, Psalms 133:1; Psalms 147:1. It is connected here with the word harp, as meaning that that instrument was distinguished particularly for a sweet or pleasant sound.
With the psaltery - On the meaning of the word used here - נבל nebel - see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. These were the common instruments of music among the Hebrews. They were employed alike on sacred occasions, and in scenes of revelry. See Isaiah 5:12.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 81:2. Take 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.
