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Psalms 33:2

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— Give thanks unto the LORD with harp: sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp; sing psalms unto him with the ten-stringed lute.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Give ye thanks unto Yahweh with the lyre, With a harp of ten strings, make ye music unto him.
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— Prayse the Lord with harpe: sing vnto him with viole and instrument of ten strings.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— Praise the LORD with harp: sing vnto him with the Psalterie, [and] an instrument of ten strings.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— Praise the LORD with harp and guitar; sing praises to him with a harp of ten strings.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a psaltery of ten strings.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— Praise Yahweh with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
Praise 3034
{3034} Prime
יָדָה
yadah
{yaw-daw'}
A primitive root; used only as denominative from H3027; literally to use (that is, hold out) the hand; physically to throw (a stone, an arrow) at or away; especially to revere or worship (with extended hands); intensively to bemoan (by wringing the hands).
z8685
<8685> Grammar
Stem - Hiphil (See H8818)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 731
Yähwè יָהוֶה 3068
{3068} Prime
יְהֹוָה
Y@hovah
{yeh-ho-vaw'}
From H1961; (the) self Existent or eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.
with harp: 3658
{3658} Prime
כִּנּוֹר
kinnowr
{kin-nore'}
From an unused root meaning to twang; a harp.
sing 2167
{2167} Prime
זָמַר
zamar
{zaw-mar'}
A primitive root (perhaps identical with H2168 through the idea of striking with the fingers); properly to touch the strings or parts of a musical instrument, that is, play upon it; to make music, accompanied by the voice; hence to celebrate in song and music.
z8761
<8761> Grammar
Stem - Piel (See H8840)
Mood - Imperative (See H8810)
Count - 446
unto him with the psaltery 5035
{5035} Prime
נֶבֶל
nebel
{neh'-bel}
From H5034; a 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).
[and] an instrument of ten strings. 6218
{6218} Prime
עָשׂוֹר
`asowr
{aw-sore'}
From H6235; ten; by abbreviation ten strings, and so a decachord.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 33:1-3.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Psalms 33:1-11.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Psalms 33:2

Harp, &c. — These instruments were used in the publick worship of God in the tabernacle.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

Psalms 33:2

Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an (b) instrument of ten strings.

(b) To sing on instruments, was a part of the ceremonial service of the temple, which does not belong to us any more than the sacrifices, censors and light.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
Praise:

Psalms 81:2-3 Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. ... Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
Psalms 92:3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Psalms 98:4-5 Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise. ... Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.
Psalms 144:9 I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Psalms 149:3 Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
Psalms 150:3-6 Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp. ... Let every thing that hath breath praise the LORD. Praise ye the LORD.
Exodus 15:20 And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.
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.
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 25:3 Of Jeduthun: the sons of Jeduthun; Gedaliah, and Zeri, and Jeshaiah, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six, under the hands of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with a harp, to give thanks and to praise the LORD.
1 Chronicles 25:6 All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king's order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.
Revelation 5:8 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts and four [and] twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the prayers of saints.
Revelation 14:2 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the voice of harpers harping with their harps:

with the psaltery:
Benaivel asor, rather, "with the ten-stringed nabla." See note on
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.
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Ex 15:20. 2S 6:5. 1Ch 13:8; 15:16, 28; 25:3, 6. Ps 81:2; 92:3; 98:4; 144:9; 149:3; 150:3. Rv 5:8; 14:2.

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