Take a psalm, and bring hither the timbrel, the pleasant harp with the psaltery.
The verse calls for joyful praise to God in a psalm sung to the accompaniment of the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the psaltery. This worship is to be expressed with glad singing and music brought forward to Him. In Israel this musical praise belonged to a solemn feast and stood as part of a statute and law given to them.
The psalm to which the verse belongs explains that Israel was scattered because they forgot God. It is held up as a lesson about the consequences of forgetting Him. That lesson warns that churches today face the same danger of scattering when they forget Him.
The verse calls for joyful praise to God in a psalm sung to the accompaniment of the timbrel, the pleasant harp, and the psaltery. This worship is to be expressed with glad singing and music brought forward to Him. In Israel this musical praise belonged to a solemn feast and stood as part of a statute and law given to them.
The psalm to which the verse belongs explains that Israel was scattered because they forgot God. It is held up as a lesson about the consequences of forgetting Him. That lesson warns that churches today face the same danger of scattering when they forget Him.