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Psalms 81:2 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Psalms 81:2Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Psalms 81:26 words
HebrewMeaning
הַ֭רְנִינוּharəniynw
sing for joyverbH7442
cry out · be joyful (greatly · make to) rejoice · shout ···
לֵ/אלֹהִ֣יםlēʾlōhiym
to GodpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
עוּזֵּ֑/נוּʿwzēnw
strength ournounH5797
loud · might · power · strength ···
הָ֝רִ֗יעוּhāriyʿw
shout for joyverbH7321
cry (alarm · aloud · out) · destroy ···
לֵ/אלֹהֵ֥יlēʾlōhēy
to the God ofpronH430
exceeding · God (-dess · -ly) · great ···
יַעֲקֹֽבyaʿăqōb
JacobnounH3290
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

Church Fathers on Psalms 81:2

1. For a Title this Psalm has, “Unto the end for the presses, on the fifth of the Sabbath, a Psalm to Asaph himself.” Into one title many mysteries are heaped together, still so that the lintel of the Psalm indicates the things within. As we have to speak of the presses, let no one expect that we shall speak of a vat, of a press, of olive baskets; because neither the Psalm has this, and therefore it indicates the greater mystery.... No such thing did ye hear in this when it…

Augustine · 4th century · Exposition on Psalm 81 (excerpt)
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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