That chant to the sound of the viol,[ and] invent to themselves instruments of musick, like David;

弹琴鼓瑟唱消闲的歌曲，为自己制造乐器，如同大卫所造的；

他们以琴瑟逍遥歌唱，为自己作曲，像大卫一样；

他们以琴瑟逍遥歌唱，为自己作曲，像大卫一样；

你们伴着琴声唱慵懒的歌，像大卫一样为自己制造乐器。

你们闲逸地弹琴奏乐，又为自己制造乐器，像大卫一样。

彈琴鼓瑟唱消閑的歌曲，為自己製造樂器，如同大衛所造的；

他們以琴瑟逍遙歌唱，為自己作曲，像大衛一樣；

他們以琴瑟逍遙歌唱，為自己作曲，像大衛一樣；

你們伴著琴聲唱慵懶的歌，像大衛一樣為自己製造樂器。

你們閒逸地彈琴奏樂，又為自己製造樂器，像大衛一樣。

那些應琵琶聲嘁嘁喳喳胡唱，還自己編製各種詩歌要媲美大衛的！

和琴瑟之聲、歌無謂之曲、為己而製樂器、同乎大衛、

彈琴作歌、製樂器、一如大闢、

彈琴作歌、為己製樂器、一如大衛、

You strum away on your harps like David and improvise on musical instruments.

You pluck away on your harps as David did. You play new songs on musical instruments.

who sing idle songs to the sound of the harp and like David invent for themselves instruments of music,

You sing trivial songs to the sound of the harp and fancy yourselves to be great musicians like David.

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp and invent their own musical instruments like David.

Who improvise to the sound of the harp, And like David have composed songs for themselves,

Who sing idly to the sound of stringed instruments, And invent for yourselves musical instruments like David;

that sing idle songs to the sound of the viol; that invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

They improvise songs to the sound of the harp and invent their own musical instruments like David.

They sing to the tune of stringed instruments; like David they invent musical instruments.

who strum on the strings of a harp; who invent for themselves instruments of music, like David;

And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.

Take thou away from me the noise of thy songs; for I will not hear the melody of thy viols.

Moreover four thousand[ were] porters; and four thousand praised the LORD with the instruments which I made,[ said David], to praise[ therewith].

For the time past of[ our] life may suffice us to have wrought the will of the Gentiles, when we walked in lasciviousness, lusts, excess of wine, revellings, banquetings, and abominable idolatries:

I gathered me also silver and gold, and the peculiar treasure of kings and of the provinces: I gat me men singers and women singers, and the delights of the sons of men,[ as] musical instruments, and that of all sorts.

They send forth their little ones like a flock, and their children dance.They take the timbrel and harp, and rejoice at the sound of the organ.

And the voice of harpers, and musicians, and of pipers, and trumpeters, shall be heard no more at all in thee; and no craftsman, of whatsoever craft[ he be], shall be found any more in thee; and the sound of a millstone shall be heard no more at all in thee;

And the songs of the temple shall be howlings in that day, saith the Lord GOD:[ there shall be] many dead bodies in every place; they shall cast[ them] forth with silence.

Wherefore didst thou flee away secretly, and steal away from me; and didst not tell me, that I might have sent thee away with mirth, and with songs, with tabret, and with harp?

And David spake to the chief of the Levites to appoint their brethren[ to be] the singers with instruments of musick, psalteries and harps and cymbals, sounding, by lifting up the voice with joy.