Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version Begin the music, strike the timbrel, play the melodious harp and lyre. New Living Translation Sing! Beat the tambourine. Play the sweet lyre and the harp. English Standard Version Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. Berean Standard Bible Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. King James Bible Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. New King James Version Raise a song and strike the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the lute. New American Standard Bible Raise a song, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. NASB 1995 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. NASB 1977 Raise a song, strike the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Legacy Standard Bible Lift up a song of praise, strike the tambourine, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Amplified Bible Raise a song, sound the timbrel, The sweet sounding lyre with the harp. Christian Standard Bible Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. Holman Christian Standard Bible Lift up a song—play the tambourine, the melodious lyre, and the harp. American Standard Version Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery. Aramaic Bible in Plain English Take tambourines and lyres and those pleasant on harps. Brenton Septuagint Translation Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp. Contemporary English Version Sing as you play tambourines and the lovely sounding stringed instruments. Douay-Rheims Bible Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp. English Revised Version Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. GOD'S WORD® Translation Begin a psalm, and strike a tambourine. Play lyres and harps with their pleasant music. Good News Translation Start the music and beat the tambourines; play pleasant music on the harps and the lyres. International Standard Version Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant-sounding lyre along with the harp. JPS Tanakh 1917 Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, The sweet harp with the psaltery. Literal Standard Version Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, | A pleasant harp with stringed instrument. Majority Standard Bible Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. New American Bible Take up a melody, sound the timbrel, the pleasant lyre with a harp. NET Bible Sing a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument! New Revised Standard Version Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. New Heart English Bible Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. Webster's Bible Translation Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. World English Bible Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. Young's Literal Translation Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Sing for Joy to God, Our Strength1For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob. 2Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre. 3Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.… Cross References Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron's sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing. Psalm 71:22 So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. Psalm 92:3 with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre. Psalm 95:2 Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song. Psalm 98:5 Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp. Psalm 108:2 Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn. Psalm 144:9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You-- Treasury of Scripture Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. Psalm 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound. Psalm 95:1,2 O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation… Psalm 149:1-3 Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints… Jump to Previous Begin Corded Harp Hither Instrument Instruments Lyre Melody Music Play Playing Pleasant Psalm Psaltery Raise Song Sound Sounding Strike Sweet Tambour Tambourine TimbrelJump to Next Begin Corded Harp Hither Instrument Instruments Lyre Melody Music Play Playing Pleasant Psalm Psaltery Raise Song Sound Sounding Strike Sweet Tambour Tambourine TimbrelPsalm 81 1. An exhortation to a solemn praising of God4. God challenges that duty by reason of his benefits 8. God, exhorting to obedience, complains of their disobedience, which proves their own hurt. (2) Take a psalm.--Rather, Strike up a tune (with voice and harp). Bring hither the timbrel.--Literally, Give a timbrel (or, drum), which evidently means "sound the timbrel," and may, perhaps, be explained by a phrase sometimes found in Hebrew--"Give a voice," i.e., speak. Such phrases as "Let them have the drum," "Give them the drum," may illustrate the expression. (For the instrument, toph, see Exodus 15:20, and consult Bible Educator, 2:214 seq.) Harp . . . psaltery.--See Note, Psalm 33:2. Verse 2. - Take a psalm; or, lift up a song. And bring hither the timbrel; rather, strike the timbrel. The pleasant harp with the psaltery. The instruments ordinarily used in the service of the sanctuary were harps, psalteries, and cymbals (1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 16:5; 1 Chronicles 25:6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 24:25; Nehemiah 12:27). Here the timbrel (תֹפ) seems to take the place of the cymbal.Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Lift upשְֽׂאוּ־ (śə·’ū-) Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5375: To lift, carry, take a song, זִ֭מְרָה (zim·rāh) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 2172: Melody, song (in praise of Yah) strike וּתְנוּ־ (ū·ṯə·nū-) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural Strong's 5414: To give, put, set the tambourine, תֹ֑ף (ṯōp̄) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8596: A timbrel, tambourine play the sweet-sounding נָעִ֣ים (nā·‘îm) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 5273: Pleasant, delightful harp נָֽבֶל׃ (nā·ḇel) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 5035: A skin-bag for, liquids, a vase, a lyre and עִם־ (‘im-) Preposition Strong's 5973: With, equally with lyre. כִּנּ֖וֹר (kin·nō·wr) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 3658: A harp Links Psalm 81:2 NIVPsalm 81:2 NLT Psalm 81:2 ESV Psalm 81:2 NASB Psalm 81:2 KJV Psalm 81:2 BibleApps.com Psalm 81:2 Biblia Paralela Psalm 81:2 Chinese Bible Psalm 81:2 French Bible Psalm 81:2 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Psalm 81:2 Raise a song and bring here (Psalm Ps Psa.) |
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