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John Gill's Exposition on Psalms 96:3
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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Praise him with the sound of the trumpet, etc.] Which was used in calling the assembly together, for worship and on other occasions; and at the feast of blowing of trumpets, and in the year of jubilee, (<041001>Numbers 10:1,2 <032323>Leviticus 23:23 25:9,10); and by the priests in temple service, (<131606>1 Chronicles 16:6,42); and was typical of the Gospel, which gives a certain and joyful sound, and is the cause and means of praising God, (<232713>Isaiah 27:13); praise him with the psaltery; to which psalms were sung; and harp; which were instruments of music, both used in divine worship under the former dispensation; and in which David was well skilled and delighted, and appointed proper persons to praise with them, (<131520>1 Chronicles 15:20,21). They were typical of the spiritual melody made in the hearts of God’s people, while they are praising him in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, under the Gospel, (<490519>Ephesians 5:19 <660502>Revelation 5:2,8 14:2,3).
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