dancing in church
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3Let them praise his name in chorus. Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
4Praise him with timbrel and choir. Praise him with strings and organ.
13Then the virgin will rejoice with singing, the young and the old together, and I will turn their mourning into gladness, and I will console them and gladden them after their sorrow.
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
12You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.
14And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.
25But his elder son was in the field. And when he returned and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
1Alleluia. Praise the Lord in his holy places. Praise him in the firmament of his power. 2Praise him for his virtues. Praise him according to the multitude of his greatness. 3Praise him with the sound of the trumpet. Praise him with psaltery and stringed instrument. 4Praise him with timbrel and choir. Praise him with strings and organ. 5Praise him with sweet-sounding cymbals. Praise him with cymbals of jubilation. 6Let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.
20And so Miriam, the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took up a timbrel in her hand. And all the women followed her with timbrels and dancing.
4And I will build you up again. And you shall be built up, O virgin of Israel. Still shall you be adorned with your timbrels, and still shall you go forth to the singing of those who play.
34But when Jephthah returned to Mizpah, to his own house, his only daughter met him with timbrels and dances. For he had no other children.
6Now when David returned, after he had struck down the Philistine, the women went out, from all the cities of Israel, leading the singing and dancing, rejoicing with timbrels and bells, so as to meet king Saul. 7And the women sang, as they played, saying, “Saul has struck down a thousand, and David ten thousand.”
6Now when David returned, after he had struck down the Philistine, the women went out, from all the cities of Israel, leading the singing and dancing, rejoicing with timbrels and bells, so as to meet king Saul.