Mazmur 33:2

33:2 Give thanks to the Lord with the harp!

Sing to him to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument!

Mazmur 92:3

92:3 to the accompaniment of a ten-stringed instrument and a lyre,

to the accompaniment of the meditative tone of the harp.

Mazmur 144:9

144:9 O God, I will sing a new song to you!

Accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, I will sing praises to you,

Yesaya 38:20

38:20 The Lord is about to deliver me, ¹ 

and we will celebrate with music ² 

for the rest of our lives in the Lord’s temple.” ³ 

Habakuk 3:19

3:19 The sovereign Lord is my source of strength. ⁴ 

He gives me the agility of a deer; ⁵ 

he enables me to negotiate the rugged terrain. ⁶ 

(This prayer is for the song leader. It is to be accompanied by stringed instruments.) ⁷ 

[38:20]  ¹ tn The infinitive construct is used here to indicate that an action is imminent. See GKC 348-49 §114.i, and IBHS 610 §36.2.3g.

[38:20]  ² tn Heb “and music [or perhaps, “stringed instruments”] we will play.”

[38:20]  ³ tn Heb “all the days of our lives in the house of the Lord.”

[38:20]  sn Note that vv. 21-22 have been placed between vv. 6-7, where they logically belong. See 2 Kgs 20:7-8.

[3:19]  ⁴ tn Or perhaps, “is my wall,” that is, “my protector.”

[3:19]  ⁵ tn Heb “he makes my feet like those of deer.”

[3:19]  ⁶ tn Heb “he makes me walk on my high places.”

[3:19]  sn Difficult times are coming, but Habakkuk is confident the Lord will sustain him. Habakkuk will be able to survive, just as the deer negotiates the difficult rugged terrain of the high places without injury.

[3:19]  ⁷ tn Heb “For the leader, on my stringed instruments.”