Sing your praise to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and melodious song,

要用琴歌颂耶和华，用琴和诗歌的声音歌颂他！

用琴歌颂耶和华，用琴和诗歌的声音歌颂他！

用琴歌颂耶和华，用琴和诗歌的声音歌颂他！

要弹奏竖琴歌颂耶和华，伴着琴声唱诗歌颂祂。

要弹琴歌颂耶和华，要用琴和歌声歌颂他；

当用竖琴歌颂耶和华，当用竖琴和颂歌的声音，

要用琴歌頌耶和華，用琴和詩歌的聲音歌頌他！

用琴歌頌耶和華，用琴和詩歌的聲音歌頌他！

用琴歌頌耶和華，用琴和詩歌的聲音歌頌他！

要彈奏豎琴歌頌耶和華，伴著琴聲唱詩歌頌祂。

要彈琴歌頌耶和華，要用琴和歌聲歌頌他；

要彈琴作樂讚美永恆主，用琴用詩歌的聲音頌讚他；

當用豎琴歌頌耶和華，當用豎琴和頌歌的聲音，

鼓琴歌頌耶和華、以琴與和諧之聲兮、

鼓琴詠詩、頌揚耶和華兮、

彈琴鼓瑟、向主謳歌、

頌美宜鳴琴。歌聲貴和協。

make music to the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the sound of singing,

Make music to the Lord with the harp. Sing and make music with the harp.

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of melody!

Sing to the LORD with the lyre, with the lyre and melodious song.

Sing praises to the Lord with the lyre, With the lyre and the sound of melody.

Sing to the Lord with the harp, With the harp and the sound of a psalm,

Sing praises unto Jehovah with the harp; With the harp and the voice of melody.

Sing to the Lord with the lyre, with the lyre and melodious song.

Sing unto the LORD with the harp; with the harp, and the voice of a psalm.

Sing to the LORD accompanied by a harp, accompanied by a harp and the sound of music!

Sing praises to Yahweh with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.

The Lord will comfort Israel again and have pity on her ruins. Her desert will blossom like Eden, her barren wilderness like the garden of the Lord. Joy and gladness will be found there. Songs of thanksgiving will fill the air.

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.

accompanied by a ten stringed instrument, a harp, and the melody of a lyre.You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.

And I heard a sound from heaven like the roar of mighty ocean waves or the rolling of loud thunder. It was like the sound of many harpists playing together.This great choir sang a wonderful new song in front of the throne of God and before the four living beings and the twenty four elders. No one could learn this song except the 144,000 who had been redeemed from the earth.

David and the army commanders then appointed men from the families of Asaph, Heman, and Jeduthun to proclaim God’s messages to the accompaniment of lyres, harps, and cymbals. Here is a list of their names and their work:From the sons of Asaph, there were Zaccur, Joseph, Nethaniah, and Asarelah. They worked under the direction of their father, Asaph, who proclaimed God’s messages by the king’s orders.From the sons of Jeduthun, there were Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah, six in all. They worked under the direction of their father, Jeduthun, who proclaimed God’s messages to the accompaniment of the lyre, offering thanks and praise to the Lord.From the sons of Heman, there were Bukkiah, Mattaniah, Uzziel, Shubael, Jerimoth, Hananiah, Hanani, Eliathah, Giddalti, Romamti ezer, Joshbekashah, Mallothi, Hothir, and Mahazioth.All these were the sons of Heman, the king’s seer, for God had honored him with fourteen sons and three daughters.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.

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.

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

And when he took the scroll, the four living beings and the twenty four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they held gold bowls filled with incense, which are the prayers of God’s people.