Psalms 150:4

4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organs!

Psalms 150:4 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 150:4

Praise him with the timbrel and dance
Or "pipe" F21; (See Gill on Psalms 149:3);

praise him with stringed instruments;
or divers "kinds" F23 of instruments not named, as R. Saadiah Gaon; and which, as Aben Ezra says, had all one sound or note; what they were is not known, as also many of them that are particularly mentioned;

and organs;
which have their name from the loveliness of their sound; these are of ancient original and use, ( Genesis 4:21 ) ( Job 21:12 ) ( 30:31 ) ; but were not of the same kind with those now in use, which are of much later invention.


FOOTNOTES:

F21 (lwxmw) "et tibia", Tigurine version, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Gejerus.
F23 (Mynmb) "varia symphonia", Cocceius.

Psalms 150:4 In-Context

2 Praise Him for His mighty acts; praise Him according to His excellent greatness!
3 Praise Him with the sound of the trumpet; praise Him with the psaltery and harp!
4 Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; praise Him with stringed instruments and organs!
5 Praise Him upon the loud cymbals; praise Him upon the high sounding cymbals!
6 Let everything that hath breath praise the LORD! Praise ye the LORD!
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