Psalms 81:2

2 Lift up a song and strike [the] tambourine, [the] pleasant lyre, together with [the] harp.

Psalms 81:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 81:2

Take a psalm
Or "lift one up" ^F25; 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" ^F26, 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 ) ( Revelation 14:2 Revelation 14:3 ) ( 15:2 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F25 (Nav) "attollite", Piscator; "tollite", Cocceius, Amama, Gejerus.
F26 (wnt) "date", Pagninus, Montanus

Psalms 81:2 In-Context

1 Shout out to God our strength; shout joyfully to the God of Jacob.

2 Lift up a song and strike [the] tambourine, [the] pleasant lyre, together with [the] harp.

3 Blow [the] horn at new moon, at full moon, for our feast day,

4 because it [is] a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He made it a statute in Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, [where] I heard a language I did not know.

Footnotes

• [a]. Hebrew "give"