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That I may come to the altar of God,
    to God, my joy, my delight.
Then I will praise you with the harp,
    O God, my God.

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26 The singers go first, the harpists follow;
    in their midst girls sound the timbrels.(A)

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Let them praise his name in dance,
    make music with tambourine and lyre.[a](A)

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Footnotes

  1. 149:3 Make music with tambourine and lyre: the verse recalls the great exodus hymn of Ex 15:20.

Give praise with blasts upon the horn,(A)
    praise him with harp and lyre.
Give praise with tambourines and dance,
    praise him with strings and pipes.(B)

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Chapter 16

Judith’s Hymn of Deliverance

And Judith sang:

“Strike up a song to my God with tambourines,(A)
    sing to the Lord with cymbals;
Improvise for him a new song,
    exalt and acclaim his name.

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