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Psalms 33:2
Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — The psalmist addresses the righteous and upright, instructing them to praise the LORD immediately after declaring that praise is fitting for them.
The words — הוֹדוּ (hodu) translates to "give thanks" and זַמְרוּ (zamru) translates to "make music," both functioning as imperatives directed toward Yahweh.
The thread — The text links to Psalms 150:3, which commands praise with harp and lyre, and Psalms 144:9, where the psalmist vows to sing a new song on a harp of ten strings.
Why it lands — The verse demands active, instrument-assisted worship rather than passive listening, requiring the reader to participate in praise through song and music.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Praise the Lord with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
Cross-references
- Psalms 150:3 Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.
- Psalms 98:4 Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- Psalms 144:9 I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—
- Exodus 15:20 Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with tambourines and dancing.
- 2 Samuel 6:5 David and all the house of Israel were celebrating before the LORD with all kinds of wood instruments, harps, stringed instruments, tambourines, sistrums, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:16 David also told the leaders of the Levites to appoint their relatives as singers to lift up their voices with joy, accompanied by musical instruments—harps, lyres, and cymbals.
- 1 Chronicles 15:28 So all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of the LORD with shouting, with the sounding of rams’ horns and trumpets, and with cymbals and the music of harps and lyres.
- 1 Chronicles 25:3 From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.
- 1 Chronicles 25:6 All these were under the direction of their fathers for the music of the house of the LORD with cymbals, harps, and lyres, for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the direction of the king.
- Psalms 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.