Psalms 81:2
Ver. 2. Take a psalm,.... Or "lift one up" {y}; hold up the book, and read and sing it; or rather, lift up the voice in singing a psalm:
and bring hither the timbrel; or "give one" {z}, put the hand to one:
the pleasant harp with the psaltery; make use of all these musical instruments in singing, and so make an agreeable melody: these were used in the times of the Old Testament, and were typical of the spiritual joy and melody in the heart, expressed by vocal singing, under the New Testament; see Re 5:8.
{y} Nav "attollite", Piscator; "tollite", Cocceius, Amama, Gejerus. {z} wnt "date", Pagninus, Montanus, &c.