Bible verse

Psalm 81:2

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

Psalm 81:2 · BSB

Psalm 81:2 in context

The verses around it, from Psalm 81.

1 For the choirmaster. According to Gittith. Of Asaph. Sing for joy to God our strength; make a joyful noise to the God of Jacob.

2 Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

3 Sound the ram’s horn at the New Moon, and at the full moon on the day of our Feast.

4 For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.

5 He ordained it as a testimony for Joseph when he went out over the land of Egypt, where I heard an unfamiliar language:

6 “I relieved his shoulder of the burden; his hands were freed from the basket.

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Psalm 81:2 in other translations

KJV

Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

ASV

Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

ERV

Take up the psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.

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