Psalms 81:2
Start the song! Play the tambourine, sweet-sounding lyre, and harp.
Free Bible 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; shout for joy to the God of Jacob.
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon, and at full moon, to begin our festivals,
Cross References
2 Chronicles 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together with one voice to praise and thank the Lord. Accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, the singers raised their voices, praising the Lord: “For he is good; his trustworthy love lasts forever.” Then the Temple, the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud.
Psalms 59:17You are my strength, I sing praises to you, for you are the one who protects me—the God who shows me his trustworthy love!
Psalms 95:1Come, let's sing for joy to the Lord! Let's shout in triumph to the rock of our salvation!
Mark 14:26After they had sung a psalm, they left for the Mount of Olives.
Colossians 3:16Let Christ's message fully live in you. In every wise way teach and instruct one another through psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing praises to God in gratitude and sincerity.
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 →