Psalm 33:2
New International Version
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

New Living Translation
Praise the LORD with melodies on the lyre; make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.

English Standard Version
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings!

Berean Standard Bible
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

King James Bible
Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

New King James Version
Praise the LORD with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings.

New American Standard Bible
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

NASB 1995
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

NASB 1977
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Legacy Standard Bible
Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with a harp of ten strings.

Amplified Bible
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre; Sing praises to Him with the harp of ten strings.

Christian Standard Bible
Praise the LORD with the lyre; make music to him with a ten-stringed harp.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Praise the LORD with the lyre; make music to Him with a ten-stringed harp.

American Standard Version
Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Give thanks to him with the harp, and on a guitar of ten strings, sing unto him.

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Praise the Lord on the harp; platy to him on a psaltery of ten strings.

Contemporary English Version
Praise the LORD with harps! Use harps with ten strings to make music for him.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Give praise to the Lord on the harp; sing to him with the psaltery, the instrument of ten strings.

English Revised Version
Give thanks unto the LORD with harp: sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Give thanks with a lyre to the LORD. Make music for him on a ten-stringed harp.

Good News Translation
Give thanks to the LORD with harps, sing to him with stringed instruments.

International Standard Version
With the lyre, give thanks to the LORD; with the ten stringed harp, play music to him;

JPS Tanakh 1917
Give thanks unto the LORD with harp, Sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings.

Literal Standard Version
Give thanks to YHWH with a harp, | With stringed instrument of ten strings sing praise to Him,

Majority Standard Bible
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

New American Bible
Give thanks to the LORD on the harp; on the ten-stringed lyre offer praise.

NET Bible
Give thanks to the LORD with the harp! Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

New Revised Standard Version
Praise the LORD with the lyre; make melody to him with the harp of ten strings.

New Heart English Bible
Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

Webster's Bible Translation
Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

World English Bible
Give thanks to Yahweh with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.

Young's Literal Translation
Give ye thanks to Jehovah with a harp, With psaltery of ten strings sing praise to Him,

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Context
Praise to the Creator
1Rejoice in the LORD, O righteous ones; it is fitting for the upright to praise Him. 2Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings. 3Sing to Him a new song; play skillfully with a shout of joy.…

Cross References
Psalm 43:4
Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

Psalm 61:8
Then I will ever sing praise to Your name and fulfill my vows day by day.

Psalm 71:22
So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Psalm 92:3
with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

Psalm 144:9
I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You--

Psalm 147:7
Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

Psalm 150:3
Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.


Treasury of Scripture

Praise the LORD with harp: sing to him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.

Praise

Psalm 81:2,3
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery…

Psalm 92:3
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

Psalm 98:4,5
Make a joyful noise unto the LORD, all the earth: make a loud noise, and rejoice, and sing praise…

with the psaltery.

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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Psalm 33
1. God is to be praised for his goodness
6. for his power
12. and for his providence
20. Confidence is to be placed in God














(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.

Verse 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.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Praise
הוֹד֣וּ (hō·w·ḏū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3034: To throw, at, away, to revere, worship, to bemoan

the LORD
לַיהוָ֣ה (Yah·weh)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

with the harp;
בְּכִנּ֑וֹר (bə·ḵin·nō·wr)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3658: A harp

make music
זַמְּרוּ־ (zam·mə·rū-)
Verb - Piel - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 2167: Play, to make music, celebrate in song and music

to Him
לֽוֹ׃ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

with ten strings.
עָ֝שׂ֗וֹר (‘ā·śō·wr)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 6218: Ten, by abbreviated form ten strings, a decachord


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