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Psalm 150:3
Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
1Praise the LORD! Praise God in his sanctuary! Praise him in his heavens for his acts of power!
2Praise him for his mighty acts! Praise him according to his excellent greatness!
3Praise him with the sounding of the trumpet! Praise him with harp and lyre!
4Praise him with tambourine and dancing! Praise him with stringed instruments and flute!
5Praise him with loud cymbals! Praise him with resounding cymbals!
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The trumpet, harp, and lyre make praise audible, opening room to consider how the sound of music can express honor toward God.
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Psalm 33:2Give thanks to the LORD with the lyre. Sing praises to him with the harp of ten strings.Both verses name the lyre and harp as instruments for praise directed to God.
Psalm 149:3Let them praise his name in the dance! Let them sing praises to him with tambourine and harp!Both verses include the harp in praise, while Psalm 149 also names dancing and the tambourine.
Revelation 5:8Now when he had taken the book, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb, each one having a harp, and golden bowls full …The harp appears in both passages, accompanying praise in the psalm and the elders’ bowing before the Lamb in Revelation.
Psalm 98:5–6Sing praises to the LORD with the harp, with the harp and the voice of melody.Both verses direct praise to God with the harp, and Psalm 98 adds the voice of melody.
Psalm 81:2–3Raise a song, and bring here the tambourine, the pleasant lyre with the harp.Both verses name the lyre and harp, with Psalm 81 also directing people to raise a song.
2 Samuel 6:15So David and all the house of Israel brought up the LORD’s ark with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet.The trumpet sounds in both passages, for praise in the psalm and as Israel brings up the LORD’s ark.
Numbers 10:10“Also in the day of your gladness, and in your set feasts, and in the beginnings of your months, you shall blow the trumpets over your burnt offerings, and …Both passages give trumpets a place in honoring God, with Numbers specifying their use at offerings and appointed celebrations.
1 Chronicles 15:21and Mattithiah, Eliphelehu, Mikneiah, Obed-Edom, Jeiel, and Azaziah, with harps tuned to the eight-stringed lyre, to lead.Both passages name harps and the lyre; Chronicles supplies the names of musicians assigned to lead.
1 Chronicles 15:28Thus all Israel brought the ark of the LORD’s covenant up with shouting, with sound of the cornet, with trumpets, and with cymbals, sounding aloud with …Trumpets and harps sound in both passages, with Chronicles describing Israel bringing up the ark of the LORD’s covenant.
1 Chronicles 16:42and with them Heman and Jeduthun with trumpets and cymbals for those that should sound aloud, and with instruments for the songs of God, and the sons of …Both passages connect trumpets with music for God, and Chronicles names people assigned to sound the instruments.
1 Chronicles 15:24Shebaniah, Joshaphat, Nethanel, Amasai, Zechariah, Benaiah, and Eliezer, the priests, blew the trumpets before God’s ark; and Obed-Edom and Jehiah were …Both passages feature trumpets, with Chronicles naming the priests who blew them before God’s ark.
Daniel 3:5that whenever you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipe, and all kinds of music, you fall down and worship the golden image that …Both passages name harps and lyres in worship settings, though Daniel describes commanded worship of Nebuchadnezzar’s golden image.
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There is room for music in your praise of God. The trumpet’s sound and the plucked strings serve the same purpose: honoring the God whose greatness deserves praise.
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