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Psalms 81:2

81:1 To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph. Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob. of Asaph: or, for Asaph
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Take a psalm, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

81:3 Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.

What does Psalms 81:2 mean?

Psalms 81:2 is a verse in the book of Psalms, in the Old Testament. In the original Hebrew, key words include נָשָׂא (nâsâʼ), זִמְרָה (zimrâh), נָתַן (nâthan).

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Takeנָשָׂאnâsâʼ/naw-saw'/H5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relative
a
psalm,זִמְרָהzimrâh/zim-raw'/H2172a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrument
and
bringנָתַןnâthan/naw-than'/H5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
hither
the
timbrel,תֹּףtôph/tofe/H8596a tambourine
the
pleasantנָעִיםnâʻîym/naw-eem'/H5273delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)
harpכִּנּוֹרkinnôwr/kin-nore'/H3658a harp
with
the
psaltery.נֶבֶלnebel/neh'-bel/H5035a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)

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Verses like this

Other verses that share key original-language words with Psalms 81:2.

1 Chronicles 13:8

And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets. singing: Heb. songs

1 Samuel 10:5

After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where is the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:

2 Samuel 6:5

And David and all the house of Israel played before the LORD on all manner of instruments made of fir wood, even on harps, and on psalteries, and on timbrels, and on cornets, and on cymbals.

Isaiah 5:12

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

1 Chronicles 15:16

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.

1 Chronicles 15:28

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, and with sound of the cornet, and with trumpets, and with cymbals, making a noise with psalteries and harps.

1 Chronicles 16:5

Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, Jeiel, and Shemiramoth, and Jehiel, and Mattithiah, and Eliab, and Benaiah, and Obededom: and Jeiel with psalteries and with harps; but Asaph made a sound with cymbals; with psalteries: Heb. with instruments of psalteries and harps

1 Chronicles 25:1

Moreover David and the captains of the host separated to the service of the sons of Asaph, and of Heman, and of Jeduthun, who should prophesy with harps, with psalteries, and with cymbals: and the number of the workmen according to their service was:

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What does Psalms 81:2 say?

Psalms 81:2 (King James Version) reads: "Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery."

Is Psalms 81:2 in the Old or New Testament?

Psalms 81:2 is in the Old Testament of the Bible, in the book of Psalms.

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