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Sing for Joy to God Our Strength

Psalms 81:2

In 11 translations

BSB
Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.
KJV
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
WEB
Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
ASV
Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.
LSV
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, || A pleasant harp with stringed instrument.
YLT
Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.
DBY
Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.
DRC80:3
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel: the pleasant psaltery with the harp.
GNV
Take the song and bring forth the timbrel, the pleasant harpe with the viole.
JPS81:3
Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.
LXXE80:3
Take a psalm, and produce the timbrel, the pleasant psaltery with the harp.

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Original-language editions

WLC81:3
שְֽׂאוּ־זִ֭מְרָה וּתְנוּ־תֹ֑ף כִּנּ֖וֹר נָעִ֣ים עִם־נָֽבֶל׃KJV:Ps.81.2
LXX-Br80:3
Λάβετε ψαλμὸν καὶ δότε τύμπανον, ψαλτήριον τερπνὸν μετὰ κιθάρας.

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

From public-domain Bible dictionaries and topical indexes (1884–1915).

Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 149:1–3Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly. Let Israel rejoice in their Maker; let the children of Zion rejoice in their King. Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music…
  • Colossians 3:16Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
  • Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
  • Mark 14:26And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
  • Exodus 15:20Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
  • Ephesians 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
  • James 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
  • Psalms 95:1–2Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation! Let us enter His presence with thanksgiving; let us make a joyful noise to Him in song.

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Verse numbering differs between Bibles
  • 81:3 in some Bibles
  • 81:2 in most Bibles

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