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Psalm 81:2 KJV
Psalms · chapter 81 · verse 2
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.Psalm 81:2 · King James Version
Psalm 81:2 in context
1Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
2Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
3Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
4For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- pleasantnâʻîymdelightfulH5273 →
- timbreltôpha tambourineH8596 →
- psalmzimrâha musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrumentH2172 →
- bringnâthanto give, used with greatest latitude of applicationH5414 →
- Takenâsâʼto lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeH5375 →
- harpkinnôwra harpH3658 →
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When the people of God were gathered together in the solemn day, the day of the feast of the Lord, they must be told that they had business to do, for we do not go to church to sleep nor to be idle; no, there is that which the duty of every day requires, work of the day, which is to be done in its day. And here, I.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 1-7