Psalms 81:2
Raise a song, and strike the timbrel, The sweet-sounding harp, and the psaltery!
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
In Context
3Blow the trumpet at the new moon; At the full moon, also, on our festal day!
Cross References
Psalms 59:17To thee, O my Strength! will I sing! For God is my defence; a God of mercy to me.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing to the LORD; Let us raise a voice of joy to the rock of our salvation!
Mark 14:26And having sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly; in all wisdom teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, spiritual songs, in grace singing 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 →