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Psalms 81:2 - Exposition

Take a psalm; or, lift up a song. And bring hither the timbrel; rather, strike the timbrel. The pleasant harp with the psaltery . The instruments ordinarily used in the service of the sanctuary were harps, psalteries, and cymbals ( 1 Chronicles 15:16 ; 1 Chronicles 16:5 ; 1 Chronicles 25:6 ; 2 Chronicles 5:12 ; 2 Chronicles 24:25 ; Nehemiah 12:27 ). Here the timbrel ( תֹף ) seems to take the place of the cymbal.

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Rev. Joseph S. Exell M.A. served as the editor of Clerical World, The Homiletical Quarterly and the Monthly Interpreter. Exell was also the editor for several other large commentary sets like The Men of the Bible, The Preacher's Homiletic Library and The Biblical Illustrator. Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones was the Vicar and Rural Dean of St. Pancras, London and the principal of Gloucester Theological College.... Show more

The Pulpit Commentary is a homiletic commentary on the Bible created during the nineteenth century under the direction of Rev. Joseph S. Exell and Henry Donald Maurice Spence-Jones. It consists of 23 volumes with 22,000 pages and 95,000 entries, and was written over a 30-year period with 100 contributors.... Show more

Psalms 81:2 - Exposition

Psalms 81:2 - Exposition

The Pulpit Commentary

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