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Psalms 81:2 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery. "
Psalms 81:2
Verse in Context
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[[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob.
Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.
For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob.
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Psalms 81:1
"[[To the chief Musician upon Gittith, A Psalm of Asaph.]] Sing aloud unto God our strength: make a joyful noise unto the God of Jacob."
Psalms 81:3
"Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day."
Psalms 81:4
"For this was a statute for Israel, and a law of the God of Jacob."
Psalms 81:5
"This he ordained in Joseph for a testimony, when he went out through the land of Egypt: where I heard a language that I understood"
Psalms 81:6
"I removed his shoulder from the burden: his hands were delivered from the pots."
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