Psalms 81:2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
King James Version
In Context
1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 5:13It came even 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 with the trumpets and cymbals and instruments of musick, and praised the LORD, saying, For he is good; for his mercy endureth for ever: that then the house was filled with a cloud, even the house of the LORD;
Psalms 59:17Unto thee, O my strength, will I sing: for God is my defence, and the God of my mercy.
Psalms 95:1O come, let us sing unto the LORD: let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.
Mark 14:26And when they had sung an hymn, they went out into the mount of Olives.
Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom; teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord.
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 →