Psalm 81:2

2 Take up a song and strike the drum! Sweet lyre along with harp!

Psalm 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

Psalm 81:2 In-Context

1 Rejoice out loud to God, our strength! Shout for joy to Jacob's God!

2 Take up a song and strike the drum! Sweet lyre along with harp!

3 Blow the horn on the new moon, at the full moon, for our day of celebration!

4 Because this is the law for Israel; this is a rule of Jacob's God.

5 He made it a decree for Joseph when he went out against the land of Egypt, when I heard a language I did not yet know: