1 Chronicles 15:21 (WEB)
and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.
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“This is why some psalms bear the inscriptionfor the octave, and why the one hundred and nineteenth psalm is divided into portions of eight verses each beginning with its own letter for the instruction of the righteous.” — editor's note: Vulg. for עַל שְׁשּׁיִגיִת Psa. vi. xii. and 1 Chron. xv. 21. The meaning is probably “in a lower octave,” or, “in the bass.” According to others, an air, or…
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