Psalms 81:2
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine,the pleasant lyre with the harp.
New Heart English 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, on our feast day.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 5:13it happened, when 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 with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of music, and praised the Lord, saying, "For he is good;for his loving kindness endures forever," then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the Lord,
Psalms 59:17To you, my strength, I will sing praises.For God is my high tower, the God of my mercy.
Psalms 95:1Oh come, let's sing to the Lord.Let's shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
Mark 14:26When they had sung the 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, and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart 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 →