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accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp,
    and the melody of a lyre.

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to the music of the ten-stringed lyre(A)
    and the melody of the harp.(B)

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Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre;
    make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.

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Praise the Lord with the harp;(A)
    make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.(B)

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25 Singers are in front, musicians behind;
    between them are young women playing tambourines.

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25 In front are the singers,(A) after them the musicians;(B)
    with them are the young women playing the timbrels.(C)

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Dedication of Jerusalem’s Wall

27 For the dedication of the new wall of Jerusalem, the Levites throughout the land were asked to come to Jerusalem to assist in the ceremonies. They were to take part in the joyous occasion with their songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals, harps, and lyres.

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Dedication of the Wall of Jerusalem

27 At the dedication(A) of the wall of Jerusalem, the Levites were sought out from where they lived and were brought to Jerusalem to celebrate joyfully the dedication with songs of thanksgiving and with the music of cymbals,(B) harps and lyres.(C)

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Another third will go over to the royal palace, and the final third will be at the Foundation Gate. Everyone else should stay in the courtyards of the Lord’s Temple.

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a third of you at the royal palace and a third at the Foundation Gate, and all the others are to be in the courtyards of the temple of the Lord.

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David and all Israel were celebrating before God with all their might, singing songs and playing all kinds of musical instruments—lyres, harps, tambourines, cymbals, and trumpets.

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David and all the Israelites were celebrating with all their might before God, with songs and with harps, lyres, timbrels, cymbals and trumpets.(A)

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16 The Lord is known for his justice.
    The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude[a]

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Footnotes

  1. 9:16 Hebrew Higgaion Selah. The meaning of this phrase is uncertain.

16 The Lord is known by his acts of justice;
    the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. Psalm 9:16 The Hebrew has Higgaion and Selah (words of uncertain meaning) here; Selah occurs also at the end of verse 20.

“When you arrive at Gibeah of God,[a] where the garrison of the Philistines is located, you will meet a band of prophets coming down from the place of worship. They will be playing a harp, a tambourine, a flute, and a lyre, and they will be prophesying.

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Footnotes

  1. 10:5 Hebrew Gibeath-haelohim.

“After that you will go to Gibeah(A) of God, where there is a Philistine outpost.(B) As you approach the town, you will meet a procession of prophets(C) coming down from the high place(D) with lyres, timbrels,(E) pipes(F) and harps(G) being played before them, and they will be prophesying.(H)

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Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn;
    praise him with the lyre and harp!
Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;
    praise him with strings and flutes!
Praise him with a clash of cymbals;
    praise him with loud clanging cymbals.

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Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet,(A)
    praise him with the harp and lyre,(B)
praise him with timbrel and dancing,(C)
    praise him with the strings(D) and pipe,(E)
praise him with the clash of cymbals,(F)
    praise him with resounding cymbals.

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Praise his name with dancing,
    accompanied by tambourine and harp.

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Let them praise his name with dancing(A)
    and make music to him with timbrel and harp.(B)

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Sing! Beat the tambourine.
    Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
    and again at full moon to call a festival!

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Begin the music, strike the timbrel,(A)
    play the melodious harp(B) and lyre.(C)

Sound the ram’s horn(D) at the New Moon,(E)
    and when the moon is full, on the day of our festival;

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Wake up, my heart!
    Wake up, O lyre and harp!
    I will wake the dawn with my song.

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Awake, my soul!
    Awake, harp and lyre!(A)
    I will awaken the dawn.

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25 King Hezekiah then stationed the Levites at the Temple of the Lord with cymbals, lyres, and harps. He obeyed all the commands that the Lord had given to King David through Gad, the king’s seer, and the prophet Nathan.

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25 He stationed the Levites in the temple of the Lord with cymbals, harps and lyres in the way prescribed by David(A) and Gad(B) the king’s seer and Nathan the prophet; this was commanded by the Lord through his prophets.

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