Psalms 33:2

“Praise the Lord with harp, etc.] An instrument David was well skilled in the use of, the inventor of which was Jubal, (<010421>Genesis 4:21); sing unto, him with the psaltery; the name of this instrument is in the Hebrew language “nebel”: the account which Josephus f479 gives of this, and of the former, is, “the harp is extended with ten strings, and is plucked with a quill; the “nabla”, or psaltery, has twelve sounds, and is played upon with the fingers;” some make this and the next to be the same: [and] an instrument of ten strings; and read them together thus, “with the psaltery of ten strings”: and so the Targum, Septuagint, and other versions f480 : but it seems from Josephus that it…”

“Praise the Lord with harp - For a description of the “harp,” see the notes at Isaiah 5:12. Sing unto him with the psaltery - For the meaning of this word, also, see the notes at Isaiah 5:12, where the word is rendered “viol.” And an instrument of ten strings - The word “and” is supplied here by the translators as if, in this place, a third instrument was referred to, distinct from the harp and the psaltery. The more correct rendering, however, would be, “a psaltery (or lyre) of ten strings.” The same construction occurs in Psalms 144:9. In Psalms 92:3, however, the two words are separately used as denoting different instruments. The “lyre” or psaltery was probably not always made with the…”

“Harp, &c. - These instruments were used in the publick worship of God in the tabernacle. Psalms 33:3”

“Praise: Psa 81:2, Psa 81:3, Psa 92:3, Psa 98:4, Psa 98:5, Psa 144:9, Psa 149:3, Psa 150:3-6; Exo 15:20; Sa2 6:5; Ch1 15:16, Ch1 15:28, Ch1 25:3, Ch1 25:6; Rev 5:8, Rev 14:2 with the psaltery: Benaivel asor, rather, "with the ten-stringed nabla." See note on Ch1 13:8. Psalms 33:3”