Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Parallel translations
- WEB with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.
- BSB with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- NKJV On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound.
- NASB With the ten-stringed lute and with the harp, With resounding music on the lyre.
- NLT accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre.
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Quick answer
Praise is offered with stringed instruments and melody. Music is a fitting and joyful means of honoring God.
Overview
The psalmist names specific instruments to accompany worship, showing that beauty and artistry rightly serve the praise of God. Old Testament worship was richly musical, engaging the whole person in adoration. The New Testament continues this call to sing and make melody to the Lord with thankful hearts (Ephesians 5:19; Colossians 3:16).
Cross-references & the web
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- Ps 33:2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
- Ps 68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
- Neh 12:27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, with cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.
- 2 Chr 23:5And a third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people shall be in the courts of the house of the LORD.
- 1 Chr 13:8And 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.
- Ps 9:16The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
- 1 Sam 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:
- Ps 150:3–5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.
- Ps 81:2–3Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
- Ps 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.
- 2 Chr 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for so was the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.
- 1 Chr 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 Chr 25:6All 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.
- Ps 57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I myself will awake early.
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