Then the herald cried with strength: To you it is commanded O peoples, nations, and languages,

And whoever does not fall down and prostrate themselves, at that moment they will be thrown into the middle of a burning fiery furnace.

Then they came near and spoke before the king concerning the king's decree, saying, Have you not signed a decree that every man who shall ask of any god or man within thirty days, except of you, O king, that he shall be thrown into the den of lions? The king answered and said, The thing is certain, according to the law of the Medes and Persians, which does not pass away.

and he said: When you do the duties of a midwife for the Hebrew women, and see them on the birthstools, if it is a son, then you shall kill him; but if it is a daughter, then she shall live.

And Pharaoh commanded all his people, saying, Every son who is born you shall cast into the river, and every daughter you shall save alive.

Then the king's scribes were called on the thirteenth day of the first month, and a decree was written according to all that Haman commanded; to the king's satraps, to the governors who were over each province, to the rulers of all the people, to every province according to its writing, and to every people in their language. In the name of King Ahasuerus it was written, and sealed with the king's signet ring.

a copy of the document to be issued as law in every province, being published for all people, that they should be ready for that day.

Shall the throne of iniquity, which fashions trouble by decree, have fellowship with You?

Moreover I saw under the sun in the place of judgment, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.

Woe to those who decree unrighteous decrees, and who have written and continue to write toil;

Now both the chief priests and the Pharisees had given a command, that if anyone knew where He was, he should report it, that they might seize Him.

And he causes all, both small and great, rich and poor, free and slave, to receive a mark on their right hand or on their foreheads,

so that no one may buy or sell except one who has the mark or the name of the beast, or the number of his name.

And Miriam the prophetess, the sister of Aaron, took the timbrel in her hand; and all the women went out after her with timbrels and with dances.

And Miriam answered them: Sing unto Jehovah, for He has risen up to be exalted! The horse and its rider He has thrown into the sea!

And he said: It is not the sound of the shout of victory, nor the sound of the cry of defeat, but the sound of singing I am hearing.

And it came to pass, as soon as he came near the camp, and saw the calf and the dancing, that Moses' anger was kindled, and he cast the tablets out of his hands and broke them at the base of the mountain.

And David commanded the chiefs of the Levites to appoint their brethren as singers with instruments of song, lutes, harps, and resounding cymbals, to raise the voice with joy.

Thus all Israel brought up the ark of the covenant of Jehovah with shouting and with the sound of the shofar, with trumpets and with cymbals, sounding aloud with lutes and harps.

Asaph the chief, and next to him Zechariah, then Jeiel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Mattithiah, Eliab, Benaiah, and Obed-Edom, Jeiel with lutes and harps, Asaph with resounding cymbals,

and Benaiah and Jahaziel the priests continually with the trumpets before the ark of the covenant of God.

Moreover David and the commanders of the army separated for the service some of the sons of Asaph, of Heman, and of Jeduthun, for prophesying with harps, lutes, and cymbals. And the number of the skilled men performing their service,

Of Jeduthun, the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah; six; under the hand of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp to give thanks and to praise Jehovah.

All these were the sons of Heman the king's seer in the Words of God, to exalt his horn; for God gave Heman fourteen sons and three daughters.

And he stationed the Levites in the house of Jehovah with cymbals, with lutes, and with harps, according to the commandment of David, of Gad the king's seer, and of Nathan the prophet; for thus was the commandment of Jehovah by the hand of his prophets.

i1 [To the chief Musician. Gittith. A Psalm of Asaph.] i0 par Sing aloud unto God our strength; make a joyful shout to the God of Jacob.

Blow the shofar at the new moon, at the full moon, on our solemn feast day.

i1 [A Psalm or Song for the sabbath day.] i0 par It is good to give thanks to Jehovah, and to make music to Your name, O Most High;

on an instrument of ten strings, on the lute, and on the harp, with resounding music.

Let them praise His name in the dance; let them make music unto Him with the timbrel and harp.

For Jehovah takes pleasure in His people; He will glorify the lowly with salvation.

Praise Him with the sound of the shofar; praise Him with the lute and harp!

Praise Him with sounding cymbals; praise Him with loud cymbals!

who chant with the sound of the lute; they invent instruments of song for themselves like David;