Psalms Chapter 33 verse 2 Holy Bible
Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
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Give praise to the Lord on the corded instrument; make melody to him with instruments of music.
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Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
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Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
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Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
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Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
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Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
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Psalms 33 : 2 Bible Verse Songs
Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 2. - Praise the Lord with harp. The harp obtains mention here for the first time in the Psalms. Reference, however, had been made to it previously in Genesis, Job, and the First Book of Samuel. There is reason to believe that the instrument, as known to the Hebrews, was a simple one, consisting of a nearly triangular framework of wood, crossed by seven strings. The Egyptians were acquainted from early times with a very much more elaborate instrument - harps which stood six feet high upon a broad base of their own, and had as many as twenty-two strings (Rawlinson, 'History of Ancient Egypt,' vol. 1. p. 521). The harp was regarded by the Hebrews as peculiarly fitted for sacred music (see 1 Samuel 10:5; 2 Samuel 6:5; 1 Chronicles 15:16; 1 Chronicles 25:1, 3, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 29:25; Nehemiah 12:27, etc.). Sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings; rather, sing unto him with the lute of ten strings. One instrument only is here mentioned - a lute or psaltery (nebel), having ten strings (comp. Psalm 92:3; Psalm 144:9). The nebel was an instrument differing from the harp chiefly in the arrangement of the strings. It was used in the temple service, as appears from 1 Chronicles 15:6, 28; 1 Chronicles 25:1, 6; 2 Chronicles 5:12; 2 Chronicles 29:25, etc.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(2) Harp.--Heb., khinnor (LXX. and Vulg., "cithara"), most probably a trigon or three-cornered harp, such as may be seen sculptured in Egyptian bas-reliefs. The number of strings probably varied, as different accounts are given. (See Bible Educator, 1:19.)With the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.--Properly, as LXX. and Vulg., "with the ten-stringed psaltery." (See 1Samuel 10:5.) Evidently a more elaborate instrument than the khinnor, and with greater capacities. (See Bible Educator, 1:70, and art. "Psaltery" in Smith's Biblical Dictionary.) From the Greek psalterion comes the title "psalter" for the Book of Psalms. By its derivation it meant an instrument played with the fingers. The word was in use in old English:"And before hem went minstrels many one,As harpes, pipes, lutes, and sautry."CHAUCER: The Flower and the Leaf, 237.
