Also of importance is the specific
mention of the instruments used to accompany the vocal music and what is said
about them. The instruments were: asor
(6218) an instrument of ten [strings], nebel (5035) the large angular
hollow-bodied harp, and kinnor (3658) he small hand-held lyre. Translators have deduced that “with a solemn
sound (higgayown 1902) refers to how the kinnor was to sound. However, it is possible that this phrase
refers to how all three instruments were to be played i.e. the sound that the
Psalmist instructed the musicians to produce when playing this Psalm at Sabbath
worship.
The Hebrew word higgayown has
several shade of meaning in Scripture. I
believe that, in this instance, it means meditative sound rather than the often
supposed “solemn sound”. Lexicographers
have to rely on context to discern shades of meaning of words like
shiggayown. The wording of Psalm 92:3-5,
“For thou, LORD, hast made me glad through thy work: I will triumph in the
works of thy hands. O LORD, how great
are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep” illuminates the mood of this
lyric poem. It is by no means a solemn
text, but rather a very happy (“glad”) occasion.
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