Psalm 92:3
New Living Translation
3 accompanied by a ten-stringed instrument, a harp,
and the melody of a lyre.
Psalm 33:2
New Living Translation
2 Praise the Lord with melodies on the lyre;
make music for him on the ten-stringed harp.
Psalm 68:25
New Living Translation
25 Singers are in front, musicians behind;
between them are young women playing tambourines.
Nehemiah 12:27
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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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2 Chronicles 23:5
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5 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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1 Chronicles 13:8
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8 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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Psalm 9:16
New Living Translation
16 The Lord is known for his justice.
The wicked are trapped by their own deeds. Quiet Interlude[a]
Footnotes
- 9:16 Hebrew Higgaion Selah. The meaning of this phrase is uncertain.
1 Samuel 10:5
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5 “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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- 10:5 Hebrew Gibeath-haelohim.
Psalm 150:3-5
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3 Praise him with a blast of the ram’s horn;
praise him with the lyre and harp!
4 Praise him with the tambourine and dancing;
praise him with strings and flutes!
5 Praise him with a clash of cymbals;
praise him with loud clanging cymbals.
Psalm 149:3
New Living Translation
3 Praise his name with dancing,
accompanied by tambourine and harp.
Psalm 81:2-3
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2 Sing! Beat the tambourine.
Play the sweet lyre and the harp.
3 Blow the ram’s horn at new moon,
and again at full moon to call a festival!
Psalm 57:8
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8 Wake up, my heart!
Wake up, O lyre and harp!
I will wake the dawn with my song.
2 Chronicles 29:25
New Living Translation
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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1 Chronicles 25:6
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6 All these men were under the direction of their fathers as they made music at the house of the Lord. Their responsibilities included the playing of cymbals, harps, and lyres at the house of God. Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman reported directly to the king.
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1 Chronicles 15:16
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16 David also ordered the Levite leaders to appoint a choir of Levites who were singers and musicians to sing joyful songs to the accompaniment of harps, lyres, and cymbals.
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