Psalms 81:2
Raise a song, and bring here the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
In Context
1Sing aloud to God our strength. Make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our feast-day.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 5:13it came to pass, when the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking LORD. And when they lifted up their voice with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised LORD
Psalms 59:17To thee, O my strength, I will sing praises. For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing to LORD. Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Mark 14:26And when they sang a hymn, they went out onto the mount of Olives.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you abundantly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing by grace in your hearts to God.
Matthew Henry on Psalms 81:2-8
An Invitation to Praise. 1 Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. 2 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. 3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day. 4 For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob. 5 This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood not. 6 I removed his shoulder from the… Read the whole commentary →