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 AsaphTake a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
KJV
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.
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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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 10:5After 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 6:5And 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 5:12And 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 15:16And 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 15:28Thus 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 16:5Asaph 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 25:1Moreover 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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