dancing in heaven
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3Let them praise his name in chorus. Let them sing psalms to him with the timbrel and the psaltery.
4A time to weep, and a time to laugh. A time to mourn, and a time to dance.
4Praise him with timbrel and choir. Praise him with strings and organ.
10So I say to you, there will be joy before the Angels of God over even one sinner who is repentant.”
14And David danced with all his ability before the Lord. And David was girded with the linen ephod.
12You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.
6And I heard something like the voice of a great multitude, and like the voice of many waters, and like the voice of great thunders, saying: “Alleluia! For the Lord our God, the Almighty, has reigned. 7Let us be glad and exult. And let us give glory to him. For the marriage feast of the Lamb has arrived, and his wife has prepared herself.”
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.
25But his elder son was in the field. And when he returned and drew near to the house, he heard music and dancing.
7I say to you, that there will be so much more joy in heaven over one sinner repenting, than over the ninety-nine just, who do not need to repent.
11And I saw, and I heard the voice of many Angels surrounding the throne and the living creatures and the elders, (and their number was thousands of thousands) 12saying with a great voice: “The Lamb who was slain is worthy to receive power, and divinity, and wisdom, and strength, and honor, and glory, and blessing.”
13Everything is possible in him who has strengthened me.
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.
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. 21And she prophesied, saying: “Let us sing to the Lord, for he has been gloriously magnified. The horse and its rider, he has thrown into the sea.”