²⁸ They came to Jerusalem with psalteries and harps and trumpets to the house of Yahweh.

⁵ David and all the house of Israel played before Yahweh with all manner of [instruments made of] fir-wood, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with castanets, and with cymbals.

⁸ David and all Israel played before God with all their might, even with songs, and with harps, and with psalteries, and with tambourines, and with cymbals, and with trumpets.

⁵ and four thousand were doorkeepers; and four thousand praised Yahweh with the instruments which I made, [said David], for giving praise.

⁶ All these were under the hands of their father for song in the house of Yahweh, with cymbals, psalteries, and harps, for the service of the house of God; Asaph, Jeduthun, and Heman being under the order of the king.

⁸ Wake up, my glory! Wake up, psaltery and harp! I will wake up the dawn.

³ With the ten-stringed lute, with the harp, And with the melody of the lyre.

³ Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!

³ Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!

⁴ Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!

⁵ Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!

² I heard a sound from heaven, like the sound of many waters, and like the sound of a great thunder. The sound which I heard was like that of harpists playing on their harps.

³ They sing a new song before the throne, and before the four living creatures and the elders. No one could learn the song except the one hundred forty-four thousand, those who had been redeemed out of the earth.