Psalms 81:2-4

81:2 Sing ¹  a song and play the tambourine,

the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

81:3 Sound the ram’s horn on the day of the new moon, ² 

and on the day of the full moon when our festival begins. ³ 

81:4 For observing the festival is a requirement for Israel; ⁴ 

it is an ordinance given by the God of Jacob.

[81:2]  ¹ tn Heb “lift up.”

[81:3]  ² tn Heb “at the new moon.”

[81:3]  ³ tn Heb “at the full moon on the day of our festival.” The Hebrew word כֶּסֶה (keseh) is an alternate spelling of כֶּסֶא (kese’, “full moon”).

[81:4]  ³ tn Heb “because a statute for Israel [is] it.”