with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre.
KJV
Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.
Commentary
Commentary
Upon an instrument of ten strings,.... An harp of ten strings, as the Targum. The harp invented by Terpander had only seven strings (c); according to Pliny (d); 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
Psa 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,
Rev 5:8
.
(c) Suidas in voce Plin. Nat. Hist. l. 7. c. 56. (d) Ibid.
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