Psalm 81:2

2 Raise a song; sound ¹the tambourine, ²the sweet lyre with ³the 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 Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob!

2 Raise a song; sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp.

3 Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.

4 For it is a statute for Israel, a rule of the God of Jacob.

5 He made it a decree in Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt. I hear a language I had not known:

Cross References

• 1. 81:2 Ex. 15:20
• 2. 81:2 Ps. 71:22
• 3. 81:2 Ps. 71:22