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Verse 3

Upon an instrument of ten strings ,.... An harp of ten strings, as the Targum. The harp invented by Terpander had only seven strings F3 Suidas in voce τερπανδρος . Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56. ; according to Pliny F4 Ibid. ; 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 dispensation, Revelation 5:8 .

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