On an instrument of ten strings, On the lute, And on the harp, With harmonious sound.
Parallel translations
- WEB with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.
- KJV Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
- BSB with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- 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 33:2Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.
- Ps 68:25The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, among the ladies playing with tambourines,
- Neh 12:27At 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 giving thanks, and with singing, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and with harps.
- 2 Chr 23:5A third part shall be at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation. All the people will be in the courts of Yahweh’s house.
- 1 Chr 13:8David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, with harps, with stringed instruments, with tambourines, with cymbals, and with trumpets.
- Ps 9:16Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- 1 Sam 10:5“After that you will come to the hill of God, where the garrison of the Philistines is; and it will happen, when you have come there to the city, that you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the high place with a lute, a tambourine, a pipe, and a harp before them; and they will be prophesying.
- Ps 150:3–5Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
- Ps 81:2–3Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
- Ps 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!
- 2 Chr 29:25He set the Levites in Yahweh’s house with cymbals, with stringed instruments, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet; for the commandment was from Yahweh by his prophets.
- 1 Chr 15:16David spoke to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brothers as singers with instruments of music, stringed instruments, harps, and cymbals, sounding aloud and lifting up their voices with joy.
- 1 Chr 25:6All these were under the hands of their father for song in Yahweh’s house, with cymbals, stringed instruments, and harps, for the service of God’s house; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.
- Ps 57:8Wake up, my glory! Wake up, lute and harp! I will wake up the dawn.
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