Psalms 81:2
(81:3) Lift up psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
In Context
3(81:4) Blow on the new moon the cornet, at the time appointed, on the day of our feast.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 5:13And it came thus to pass, as the trumpeters and singers were as one, to make one sound to be heard in praising and thanking the Lord; and when they lifted up their voice [accompanied] with trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and in praising the Lord, For he is good; because unto everlasting endureth his kindness: that the house, even the house of the Lord, was filled with a cloud;
Psalms 59:17(59:18) Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing; for God is my defence, the God of my kindness.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing unto the Lord: let us shout joyfully to the rock of our salvation.
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 →