My harp has been tuned to dirges, and my flute to the sounds of weeping.

Can you riddle its hide with harpoons or its head with fishing spears?

Give thanks to the Lord on the harp; offer praise to him on the ten-stringed lyre.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to the God of my joy and delight, and I will praise you with the harp, O God, my God.

I will listen carefully to a proverb, and with the harp I will interpret my riddle.

awake, my soul! Awake, lyre and harp! I will awaken the dawn.

Then I will also praise you with the harp for your faithfulness, O my God. I will sing praises to you with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Raise the chant and sound the tambourine; play the pleasant harp and the lyre.

with the ten-stringed harp, to the melody of the lyre.

Sing praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious singing.

Awake, lyre and harp! I will awaken the dawn.

There on the poplars we hung up our harps.

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet, praise him with the harp and lyre.

Nature Transformed during the Exodus

A new arrangement of the elements occurred, just as the strings of a harp can produce varied rhythms while each note remains the same. This can be clearly perceived from an observation of what took place.

Proclaim the greatness of his name, and offer your praise and gratitude to him; with songs accompanied by harps and stringed instruments, this is what you must say in thanksgiving:

The flute and the harp make sweet melody, but better than either is a pleasant voice.

Their feasts are marked with harps and lyres, tambourines and flutes and wine. But they never give thought to the deeds of the Lord, or note what his hands have accomplished.

Your pomp has descended to the netherworld along with the music of your harps. Maggots compose the mattress upon which you lie, and worms serve as your blanket.

That is the reason why my heart throbs like a harp for Moab and my soul for Kir-hareseth.

Take your harp and walk throughout the city, you long-forgotten prostitute. Pluck your strings sweetly and sing many songs so that they may remember you.

Then a herald proclaimed in a loud voice, “Peoples and nations of every language: when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, zither, harp, bagpipe, and every other musical instrument,

Therefore, as soon as they heard the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, zither, harp, bagpipe, and every other musical instrument, all the peoples and nations of every language prostrated themselves and worshiped the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

You have issued a decree, Your Majesty, that when the people hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, zither, harp, bagpipe, and every other musical instrument, they are to prostrate themselves and worship the golden statue,

When you hear the sound of the horn, flute, lyre, zither, harp, bagpipe, and every other musical instrument, are you ready to fall down and worship the statue that I have made? If you refuse to worship it, you shall be immediately thrown into a furnace of blazing fire. What god is there that can deliver you from my power?”

Spare me the noise of your chanting; I will not listen to the melodies of your harps.