Psalms 81:2
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.”
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“Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)“Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.”
King James Version · Public Domain“Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.”
American Standard Version · Public Domain“Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainOther passages that echo Psalms 81:2 — 11 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- 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.
- 2 Chronicles 5:13The trumpeters and singers joined together to praise and thank the LORD with one voice. They lifted up their voices, accompanied by trumpets, cymbals, and musical instruments, in praise to the LORD: “For He is good; His loving devotion endures forever.” And the temple, the house of the LORD, was filled with a cloud
- Nehemiah 12:42and also Maaseiah, Shemaiah, Eleazar, Uzzi, Jehohanan, Malchijah, Elam, and Ezer. Then the choirs sang out under the direction of Jezrahiah.
- Psalms 59:17To You, O my strength, I sing praises, for You, O God, are my fortress, my God of loving devotion.
- Psalms 92:3with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
- Psalms 95:1Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout to the Rock of our salvation!
- Psalms 149:1Hallelujah! Sing to the LORD a new song— His praise in the assembly of the godly.
- Mark 14:26And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
- Ephesians 5:19Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
- 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.
- James 5:13Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
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