KJV King James Version
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
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Psalm 92:3
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Read it in 5 translations
BSB Berean Standard Bible
with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.
WEB World English Bible
with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.
ASV American Standard Version
With an instrument of ten strings, and with the psaltery; With a solemn sound upon the harp.
YLT Young’s Literal Translation
On ten strings and on psaltery, On higgaion, with harp.
Surrounding context — Psalm 92
1 A Psalm [or] Song for the sabbath day. [It is a] good [thing] to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High:
2 To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night,
3 Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
4 For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the works of thy hands.
5 O LORD, how great are thy works! [and] thy thoughts are very deep.
6 A brutish man knoweth not; neither doth a fool understand this.
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Psalm 33:2Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery [and] an instrument of ten strings.1 Chronicles 13:8And David and all Israel played before God with all [their] might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.Psalm 68:25The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.2 Chronicles 23:5And a third part [shall be] at the king’s house; and a third part at the gate of the foundation: and all the people [shall be] in the courts of the house of the LORD.Nehemiah 12:27And at the dedication of the wall of Jerusalem they sought the Levites out of all their places, to bring them to Jerusalem, to keep the dedication with gladness, both with thanksgivings, and with singing, [with] cymbals, psalteries, and with harps.Psalm 9:16The LORD is known [by] the judgment [which] he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.1 Samuel 10:5After that thou shalt come to the hill of God, where [is] the garrison of the Philistines: and it shall come to pass, when thou art come thither to the city, that thou shalt meet a company of prophets coming down from the high place with a psaltery, and a tabret, and a pipe, and a harp, before them; and they shall prophesy:Psalm 81:2-3Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.1 Chronicles 25:6All these [were] under the hands of their father for song [in] the house of the LORD, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God, according to the king’s order to Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman.1 Chronicles 15:16And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren [to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.2 Chronicles 29:25And he set the Levites in the house of the LORD with cymbals, with psalteries, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, and of Gad the king’s seer, and Nathan the prophet: for [so was] the commandment of the LORD by his prophets.Psalm 150:3-5Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.Psalm 57:8Awake up, my glory; awake, psaltery and harp: I [myself] will awake early.
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