Psalms 97:5
Sing praise to the Lord on the harp, on the harp, and with the voice of a psalm:
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Psallite Domino in cithara ; in cithara et voce psalmi ;
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ψάλατε τῷ κυρίῳ ἐν κιθάρᾳ, ἐν κιθάρᾳ καὶ φωνῇ ψαλμοῦ,
- Hebrew (WLC) shown from Psalms 98:5
- זַמְּר֣וּ לַיהוָ֣ה בְּכִנּ֑וֹר בְּ֝כִנּ֗וֹר וְק֣וֹל זִמְרָֽה
The Fathers on this verse
St Augustine Expositions on the Book of Psalms, Psalm XCVIII
5. “Make melody unto the Lord upon the harp: on the harp and with the voice of a Psalm” ( ver. 5 ). Praise Him not with the voice only; take up works, that ye may not only sing, but work also. He who singeth and worketh, maketh melody with psaltery and upon the harp. Now see what sort of instruments are next spoken of, in figure: “With ductile trumpets also, and the sound of the pipe of horn” ( ver. 6 ). What are ductile trumpets, and pipes of horn? Ductile trumpets are of brass: they are drawn out by hammering; if by hammering, by being beaten, ye shall be ductile trumpets, drawn out unto the praise of God, if ye improve when in tribulation: tribulation is hammering, improvement is the being drawn out. …