"with the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, and with the melody of the lyre."
Commentary
Gill's Exposition
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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Commentary
Gill's Exposition
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.