King James Version

Psalms 81:2

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

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In the Hebrew text this line is Psalms 81:3.

שְֽׂאוּsevlift upנָשָׂאverb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “lift up”, a commandH5375to lift, in a great variety of applications, literal and figurative, absolute and relativeaccept, advance, arise, (able to, (armor), suffer to) bear(-er, up), bring (forth), burn, carry (away), cast, contain, desire, ease, exact, exalt (self), extol, fetch, forgive, furnish, further, give, go on, help, high, hold up, honorable…זִ֭מְרָהzimrahmelodyזִמְרָהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “melody”, the ordinary formH2172a musical piece or song to be accompanied by an instrumentmelody, psalm.וּתְנוּutenvand giveנָתַןconjunction, verb, qal, imperative, 2nd person, masculine, plural — “and give”, a commandH5414to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] wi…תֹ֑ףtoftabretתֹּףnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “tabret”, the ordinary formH8596a tambourinetabret, timbrel.כִּנּ֖וֹרkinorharpכִּנּוֹרnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “harp”, the ordinary formH3658a harpharp.נָעִ֣יםnaimpleasantנָעִיםadjective, adjective, masculine, singular, absolute — “pleasant”, the ordinary formH5273delightful (objective or subjective, literal or figurative)pleasant(-ure), sweet.עִםimwithעִםpreposition — “with”H5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e. in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then usually unrepresented in English)accompanying, against, and, as ([idiom] long as), before, beside, by (reason of), for all, from (among, between), in, like, more than, of, (un-) to, with(-al).נָֽבֶלnavelbottleנֶבֶלnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “bottle”, the ordinary formH5035a skin-bag for liquids (from collapsing when empty); hence, a vase (as similar in shape when full); also a lyre (as having a body of like form)bottle, pitcher, psaltery, vessel, viol.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

(81-3) Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Raise a song, and bring hither the timbrel, The pleasant harp with the psaltery.

Young’s Literal Translation

Lift up a song, and give out a timbrel, A pleasant harp with psaltery.

World English Bible

Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.

Darby Translation

Raise a song, and sound the tambour, the pleasant harp with the lute.

Douay-Rheims

How long will you judge unjustly: and accept the persons of the wicked?

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

(81-3) Take up the melody, and sound the timbrel, the sweet harp with the psaltery.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

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

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Λάβετε ψαλμὸν καὶ δότε τύμπανον, ψαλτήριον τερπνὸν μετὰ κιθάρας.