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Psalms 81:2 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp. "
Psalms 81:2
Verse in Context
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1 Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!
2 Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.
3 Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.
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Psalms 81:1
"Sing aloud to God, our strength! Make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob!"
Psalms 81:3
"Blow the trumpet at the New Moon, at the full moon, on our feast day."
Psalms 81:4
"For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob."
Psalms 81:5
"He appointed it in Joseph for a covenant, when he went out over the land of Egypt, I heard a language that I didn’t know."
Psalms 81:6
"“I removed his shoulder from the burden. His hands were freed from the basket."
Psalms 81:7
"You called in trouble, and I delivered you. I answered you in the secret place of thunder. I tested you at the waters of Meribah.” Selah."
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