²⁸ They came to Jerusalem with harps and lyres and trumpets, to the house of the Lord.

² And I heard a voice from heaven ^(A)like the roar of many waters and ^(B)like the sound of loud thunder. The voice I heard was like the sound of ^(C)harpists playing on their harps, ³ and they were singing ^(D)a new song before the throne and before the four living creatures and before the elders. ^(E)No one could learn that song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

⁶ They were all under the direction of their father in the music in the house of the Lord with cymbals, ^(A)harps, and lyres for the service of the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman were under the order of the king.

⁵ 4,000 gatekeepers, and 4,000 shall offer praises to the Lord with the instruments ^(A)that I have made for praise.”

⁸ And David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, with song and ^(A)lyres and harps and tambourines and cymbals and trumpets.