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Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
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A Symphony of Praise
Commentators explain that this verse calls for a full orchestra of praise, mentioning percussion (timbrel), dance, stringed instruments, and wind instruments (pipe). Scholars clarify that the 'organ' mentioned was a simple ancient wind instrument, not the complex modern one. The point is the rich variety of sounds and expressions used to worship God.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Praise him with the timbrel - Hebrew, תף tôph. This is described in the notes at Isaiah 5:12.
It is render…
19th Century
Anglican
Timbrel and dance.— See Psalms 149:3.
Stringed instruments.— Minnîm. Literally, parts, s…
Baptist
So, in those days, there were all kinds of music praising God—the wind and stringed instruments, the timbrel and the pipe. Everything that can prai…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Praise him with the timbrel and dance Or "pipe" F21 ; (See Gill on Psalms 149:3);
We are here stirred up to praise God. Praise God for His sanctuary and the privileges we enjoy by having it among us; praise Him because of His pow…