Psalms 33:2
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
BSB
ASV
Give thanks unto Jehovah with the harp: Sing praises unto him with the psaltery of ten strings.
KJV
Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
HOMILIES ON THE PSALMS 15:2 (PS 33) (379)
It is necessary to praise the Lord on the harp; that is, to render harmoniously the actions of the body. Since, indeed, we sinned in the body, "when we yielded our members as slaves of sin, to lawlessness," let us give praise with our body, using the same instrument for the destruction of sin. Have you reviled? Bless. Have you defrauded? Make restitution. Have you been intoxicated? Fast. Have you made false pretensions? Be humble. Have you been envious? Console. Have you murdered? Bear witness, or afflict your body with the equivalent of martyrdom through confession.
Praise Jehovah upon the harp. It is evident that the Psalmist here expresses the vehement and ardent affection which the faithful ought to have in praising God, when he enjoins musical instruments to be employed for this purpose. He would have nothing omitted by believers which tends to animate the minds and feelings of men in singing God's praises.
Praise the Lord with harp. Men need all the help they can get to stir them up to praise. This is the lesson to be gathered from the use of musical instruments under the old dispensation. Israel was at school, and used childish things to help her to learn; but in these days, when Jesus gives us spiritual manhood, we can make melody without strings and pipes.
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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.
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Praise Him with tambourine and dancing; praise Him with strings and flute.
As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and…
Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
And when Jephthah returned home to Mizpah, there was his daughter coming out to meet him with tambourines and dancing! She was his only child; he had no son or daughter besides her.
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Psalms 71:22So 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.
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It is good to praise the LORD, and to sing praises to Your name, O Most High,
Whom have you taunted and blasphemed? Against whom have you raised your voice and lifted your eyes in pride? Against the Holy One of Israel!
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Psalms 144:9I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
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Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.