Psalms 92:3

Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
strings	עָ֭שׂוֹר 'A.sor	H6218	ten · noun, common masculine singular absolute
psaltery	נָ֑בֶל Na.vel	H5035	a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
harp	בְּכִנּֽוֹר be.khi.Nor	H3658	a harp · preposition + noun, common masculine singular absolute
sound	הִגָּי֣וֹן hi.ga.Yon	H1902	a murmuring sound · noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

Psalms 33:2 Praise the LORD with harp: sing unto him with the psaltery and an instrument of ten strings.
1 Chronicles 13:8 And David and all Israel played before God with all their might, and with singing, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with timbrels, a…
2 Chronicles 23:5 And 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…
Nehemiah 12:27 And 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 dedi…
Psalms 68:25 The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
1 Samuel 10:5 After 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 thith…
Psalms 9:16 The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
1 Chronicles 15:16 And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren to be the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and…

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 92:1-6

This psalm was appointed to be sung, at least it usually was sung, in the house of the sanctuary on the sabbath day, that day of rest, which was an instituted memorial of the work of creation, of God's rest from that work, and the continuance of it in his providence; for the Father worketh hitherto. Note, 1. The sabbath day must be a day, not only of holy rest, but of holy work, and the rest is in order to the work. 2. The proper work of the sabbath is praising God; every sabbath day must be a thanksgiving-day; and the other services of the day must be in order to this, and therefore must by no means thrust this into a corner. One of the Jewish writers refers it to the kingdom of the Messiah…

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John Gill on Psalms 92:3

Upon an instrument of ten strings,.... An harp of ten strings, as the Targum. The harp invented by Terpander had only seven strings (c); according to Pliny (d); Simonides added the eighth, and Timotheus the ninth; but this of David was of ten strings: and upon the psaltery; of which See Gill on Psalm 33:2, "upon the harp with a solemn sound"; or "upon higgaon with the harp"; which "higgaon", Aben Ezra says, was either the tune of a song, or an instrument of music; all these instruments of music were typical of the spiritual joy and melody which the saints have in their hearts when they praise the Lord; hence mention is made of harps in particular in this spiritual sense, under the Gospel di…

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John Calvin on Psalms 92:1-4

Psalm 92:1-4 1. It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah, to sing praises unto thy name, O Most High! 2. To show forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness in the night, 3. Upon the psaltery, and upon the hand instrument, with the song upon the harp. 4. For thou, Jehovah, hast made me glad in thy works; I will triumph in the works of thy hands. 1 It is good to give thanks unto Jehovah. There is no reason to doubt that the Jews were in the habit of singing this psalm, as the inscription bears, upon the Sabbath-day, and it is apparent, from different passages, that other psalms were applied to this use. As the words may be read literally in the Hebrew, it is good for giving…

The Church Fathers

On the ten-stringed psaltery, with a song upon the harp. I say it plainly: as often as we lift up our hands without wandering thoughts and disputings, we sing to the Lord on the ten-stringed instrument. On the ten-stringed psaltery, with a song upon the harp. Our harp is body and soul and spirit: they are composed of all the strings.
— Jerome, Homily 21, on Psalm 91

"Upon a psaltery of ten strings, with a song, and upon the harp" [Psalm 92:3]. You have not heard of the psaltery of ten strings for the first time: it signifies the ten commandments of the Law. But we must sing upon that psaltery, and not carry it only. For even the Jews have the Law: but they carry it: they sing not...."And upon the harp." This means, in word and deed; "with a song," in word; "upon the harp," in work. If you speak words alone, you have, as it were, the song only, and not the harp: if you work, and speakest not, you have the harp only. On this account both speak well and do well, if you would have the song together with the harp.
— Augustine of Hippo, Exposition on Psalm 92

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Dictionary and topics

Higgaion — In Ps. 92:3 means the murmuring tone of the harp. In Ps. 9:16 it is a musical sign, denoting probably a pause in the instrumental interlude. In Ps. 19:14 the word is rendered “meditation;” and in…
Harp · Ten strings — Ten strings
Psaltery · Used in religious services — Used in religious services
Sabbath · 9:13,14;10:31;13:15-22; — 9:13,14;10:31;13:15-22;

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Psalms 92:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 92:1-6

John Gill on Psalms 92:3

John Calvin on Psalms 92:1-4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Psalms 92:3

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Psalms 92:1-6

John Gill on Psalms 92:3

John Calvin on Psalms 92:1-4

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Psalms 92:1-3

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Psalms 92:1-3

Spurgeon's Treasury of David on Psalms 92:3