5 Some composed musical tunes, and set forth verses in writing, (WEB)
Sirach 44:5
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Amos 6:4–6
4 You lie on beds inlaid with ivory, and lounge upon your couches. You dine on lambs from the flock and calves from the stall. 5 You improvise songs on the harp like David and invent your own musical instruments. 6 You drink wine by the bowlful and anoint yourselves…
Sirach 50:17–19
17 Then all the people together hurried, and fell down to the ground on their faces to worship their Lord, the Almighty, God Most High. (WEB) 18 The singers also praised him with their voices. There was a sweet melody in the whole house. (WEB) 19 And the people implored the Lord Mo… (WEB)
Sirach 47:8–10
8 In every work of his he gave thanks to the Holy One Most High with words of glory. He sang praise with his whole heart, and loved him who made him. (WEB) 9 He set singers before the altar, to make sweet melody by their music. (WEB) 10 He gave beauty to the feasts, and set in or… (WEB)
4 Maccabees 13:7–9
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1 Esdras 5:59–61
59 The priests stood arrayed in their vestments with musical instruments and trumpets, and the Levites the sons of Asaph with their cymbals, (WEB) 60 singing songs of thanksgiving and praising the Lord, according to the directions of King David of Israel. (WEB) 61 They sang aloud,… (WEB)
Job 21:11–13
11 They send forth their little ones like a flock; their children skip about, 12 singing to the tambourine and lyre and making merry at the sound of the flute. 13 They spend their days in prosperity and go down to Sheol in peace.
Psalm 151 1:1–3
1 This Psalm is a genuine one of David, though extra, composed when he fought in single combat with Goliath. I was small among my brothers, and youngest in my father’s house. I tended my father’s sheep. (WEB) 2 My hands formed a musical instrument, and my fingers tuned… (WEB) 3 … (WEB)
Odes of Solomon 7:23–25
23 For ignorance hath been destroyed, because the knowledge of the Lord hath arrived. (ODE) 24 They who make songs shall sing the grace of the Lord Most High; (ODE) 25 And they shall bring their songs, and their heart shall be like the day: and like the excellent beauty of the Lord… (ODE)
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