Psalm 33:2

2 Looft den HEERE met de harp; psalmzingt Hem met de luit, en het tiensnarig instrument.

Psalm 33:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 33:2

Praise the Lord with harp
An instrument David was well skilled in the use of, the inventor of which was Jubal, ( Genesis 4:21 ) ;

sing unto, him with the psaltery;
the name of this instrument is in the Hebrew language "nebel": the account which Josephus ^F23 gives of this, and of the former, is,

``the harp is extended with ten strings, and is plucked with a quill; the "nabla", or psaltery, has twelve sounds, and is played upon with the fingers;''

some make this and the next to be the same:

[and] an instrument of ten strings;
and read them together thus, "with the psaltery of ten strings": and so the Targum, Septuagint, and other versions ^F24: but it seems from Josephus that it was not a stringed instrument, but had holes, and those twelve; and besides it is distinguished from the instrument of ten strings, ( Psalms 92:3 ) ; it was in the form of a bottle, from whence it had its name.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Antiqu. l. 7. c. 12. s. 3.
F24 Vid. Jarchium in loc. & R. Mosem in Aben Ezra in loc.

Psalm 33:2 In-Context

1 Gij rechtvaardigen! zingt vrolijk in den HEERE; lof betaamt den oprechten.

2 Looft den HEERE met de harp; psalmzingt Hem met de luit, en het tiensnarig instrument.

3 Zingt Hem een nieuw lied; speelt wel met vrolijk geschal.

4 Want des HEEREN woord is recht, en al Zijn werk getrouw.

5 Hij heeft gerechtigheid en gericht lief; de aarde is vol van de goedertierenheid des HEEREN.