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Psalms 150:4

Psalms 150:4
Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Praise him with the timbrel and dance,.... Or "pipe" (u); See Gill on Psa 149:3;

praise him with stringed instruments; or divers "kinds" (w) of instruments not named, as R. Saadiah Gaon; and which,…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Praise him with the timbrel - Hebrew, תף tôph. See this described in the notes at Isa 5:12. It is rendered tabret and tabrets in Gen 31:27; 1Sa 10:5; 1Sa 18:6; Isa 5:12; Isa 24:8; Isa 30:32; Jer…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Psalms 150:1-6

We are here, with the greatest earnestness imaginable, excited to praise God; if, as some suppose, this psalm was primarily intended for the Levites, to stir them up to do their office in the house of…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

with the timbrel and dance See on Psa 149:3. The P.B.V. cymbalsseems to be a slip of Coverdale's, which was not corrected in the Great Bible, as he renders tôphcorrectly by tabret, i.e. a small drum,…