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12You have turned my mourning into gladness for me. You have cut off my sackcloth, and you have surrounded me with joy.

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.

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.

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.

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.

29And when the ark of the covenant of the Lord had arrived in the City of David, Michal, the daughter of Saul, gazing through a window, saw king David dancing and playing, and she despised him in her heart.

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.