Harp

And his brother’s name was Jubal; he was the father of all who play the harp and flute.

Let our lord command your servants here to seek out someone who can skillfully play the harp. Whenever the spirit of distress from God is upon you, he is to play it, and you will be well.”

One of the servants answered, “I have seen a son of Jesse of Bethlehem who knows how to play the harp. He is a mighty man of valor, a warrior, eloquent and handsome, and the LORD is with him.”

And whenever the spirit from God came upon Saul, David would pick up his harp and play. Then Saul would find relief and feel better, and the spirit of distress would depart from him.

The next day a spirit of distress sent from God came upon Saul, and he prophesied inside the house while David played the harp as usual. Now Saul was holding a spear,

But as Saul was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, a spirit of distress from the LORD came upon him. While David was playing the harp,

From the sons of Jeduthun: Gedaliah, Zeri, Jeshaiah, Shimei, Hashabiah, and Mattithiah—six in all—under the direction of their father Jeduthun, who prophesied with the harp, giving thanks and praise to the LORD.

My harp is tuned to mourning and my flute to the sound of weeping.

Praise the LORD with the harp; make music to Him with ten strings.

Then I will go to the altar of God, to God, my greatest joy. I will praise You with the harp, O God, my God.

I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle with the harp:

Awake, my glory! Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

So I will praise You with the harp for Your faithfulness, O my God; I will sing praise to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel.

Lift up a song, strike the tambourine, play the sweet-sounding harp and lyre.

…with the ten-stringed harp and the melody of the lyre.

Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.

Awake, O harp and lyre! I will awaken the dawn.

I will sing to You a new song, O God; on a harp of ten strings I will make music to You—

Sing to the LORD with thanksgiving; make music on the harp to our God,

Let them praise His name with dancing, and make music to Him with tambourine and harp.

Praise Him with the sound of the horn; praise Him with the harp and lyre.

At their feasts are the lyre and harp, tambourines and flutes and wine. They disregard the actions of the LORD and fail to see the work of His hands.

Therefore my heart laments for Moab like a harp, my inmost being for Kir-heres.

“Take up your harp, stroll through the city, O forgotten harlot. Make sweet melody, sing many a song, so you will be remembered.”

The joyful tambourines have ceased; the noise of revelers has stopped; the joyful harp is silent.

As soon as you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, you must fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar has set up.

Therefore, as soon as all the people heard the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, and all kinds of music, the people of every nation and language would fall down and worship the golden statue that King Nebuchadnezzar had set up.

You, O king, have issued a decree that everyone who hears the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music must fall down and worship the golden statue,

Now when you hear the sound of the horn, flute, zither, lyre, harp, pipes, and all kinds of music, if you are ready to fall down and worship the statue I have made, very good. But if you refuse to worship, you will be thrown at once into the blazing fiery furnace. Then what god will be able to deliver you from my hands?”

You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments.

Even in the case of lifeless instruments, such as the flute or harp, how will anyone recognize the tune they are playing unless the notes are distinct?

When He had taken the scroll, the four living creatures and the twenty-four elders fell down before the Lamb. Each one had a harp, and they were holding golden bowls full of incense, which are the prayers of the saints.