Read: Psalm 81 vs 1-16
Psalm 81 begins with a summons for those gathered in God’s name to sing to Him, and to do so with joy. There is a reason for this (He is our strength) and a way that it is be done, with music, a timbrel, a harp and a lyre. A timbrel was a kind of tambourine, when it was played people often danced. The strings of a harp would have given body and volume to what was being played, while the lyre was a smaller stringed instrument played like a guitar.
