²⁵ Now his elder son was in the field: and as he came and drew nigh to the house, he heard musick and dancing.

²⁰ And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took a timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

³² They are like unto children sitting in the marketplace, and calling one to another, and saying, We have piped unto you, and ye have not danced; we have mourned to you, and ye have not wept.

⁴ Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

⁴ A time to weep, and a time to laugh; a time to mourn, and a time to dance;

⁴ Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

³ Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

¹ When the LORD turned again the captivity of Zion, we were like them that dream.

¹¹ Thou hast turned for me my mourning into dancing: thou hast put off my sackcloth, and girded me with gladness;

¹⁴ And David danced before the LORD with all his might; and David was girded with a linen ephod.

¹¹ And he said, A certain man had two sons:

¹² And the younger of them said to his father, Father, give me the portion of goods that falleth to me. And he divided unto them his living.