the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Psalms 68:25
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Singers are in front, musicians behind; between them are young women playing tambourines.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, in the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
The singers are in front and the instruments are behind. In the middle are the girls with the tambourines.
Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, in the midst of young women playing tambourines.
The singers went before, the players on instruments [followed] after; among [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with tambourines,
The singers go in front, the players of instruments last; Between them the maidens playing on tambourines.
the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
Prynces ioyned with syngeris camen bifore; in the myddil of yonge dameselis syngynge in tympans.
The singers lead the way, the musicians follow after, among the maidens playing tambourines.
The singers come first, and then the musicians, surrounded by young women playing tambourines.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the damsels playing with timbrels.
The makers of songs go before, the players of music come after, among the young girls playing on brass instruments.
They see your processions, God, the processions of my God, my king, in holiness.
The singers went before, the players on stringed instruments after, in the midst of maidens playing on tabrets.
They see Thy goings, O God, even the goings of my God, my King, in holiness.
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; amongst them were the damosels playing with timbrels.
Those who sing are in front. Those who play music are behind. And young women who beat timbrels are between.
the singers in front, the musicians last, between them girls playing tambourines:
The singers went before, the players of instruments after: in the middes were the maides playing with timbrels.
The princes went before, the singers followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
The singers are in front, the musicians are behind, in between are the young women beating the tambourines.
In front are the singers, Behind are the harpers, In the midst of damsels playing on timbrels:
(67-26) Princes went before joined with singers, in the midst of young damsels playing on timbrels.
the singers in front, the minstrels last, between them maidens playing timbrels:
The singers go before, the minstrelles folowe after: in the myddest are the damselles playing with the timbrelles.
The princes went first, next before the players on instruments, in the midst of damsels playing on timbrels.
Singers lead the way,with musicians following;among them are young womenplaying tambourines.
The singers went before, the minstrels followed after, In the midst of the ladies playing with timbrels,
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels.
Singers went up front, those playing stringed instruments last, between them young women playing tambourines.
The singers went before, then the musicians came; among them were the virgins playing the timbrels.
Singers have been before, Behind [are] players on instruments, In the midst virgins playing with timbrels.
The syngers go before, and then the mynstrells amonge the maydens with the tymbrels.
The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the young women beating tambourines.
The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; Among them were the maidens playing timbrels.
The singers went on, the musicians after them, In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
The singers went on, the musicians after them,In the midst of the maidens beating tambourines.
Contextual Overview
Bible Verse Review
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the players: Psalms 87:7, Psalms 150:3-5, Revelation 14:2, Revelation 14:3, Revelation 15:2, Revelation 15:3
among: Psalms 148:12, Psalms 148:13, Exodus 15:20, Judges 11:34, 1 Samuel 18:6, Jeremiah 31:4, Jeremiah 31:13
Reciprocal: 2 Samuel 6:5 - David 1 Chronicles 6:32 - they ministered 1 Chronicles 13:8 - David 1 Chronicles 15:28 - with shouting 1 Chronicles 25:6 - for song 2 Chronicles 5:12 - an hundred 2 Chronicles 5:13 - with the trumpets Ezra 2:65 - two hundred Psalms 47:5 - God Psalms 68:11 - company Psalms 77:13 - Thy way Psalms 92:3 - instrument
Gill's Notes on the Bible
The singers went before,.... The apostles and ministers of the word, the sweet singers of Israel, the charmers that charm so very wisely: the Gospel is a joyful sound; it is like vocal music, harmonious and delightful; it is as a very lovely song of one that hath a pleasant voice, as Ezekiel's ministry was, Ezekiel 33:32; it is a voice of love, grace, and mercy, of peace, pardon, and righteousness, and of eternal life and salvation by Christ; it is as music in the ears of sensible souls, when sounded forth, and sung out clearly and distinctly by the faithful ministers of it. The allusion seems to be to singers going before armies, when marching to battle, or returning with victory; see
2 Chronicles 20:21;
the players on instruments [followed] after; so the sweet strains of the Gospel, the melodious notes and distinguishing sounds of it, as well as the praises of God's people, are, in the New Testament, signified by harps, and men's playing upon them, Revelation 5:8;
amongst [them were] the damsels playing with timbrels; or "in the midst of the virgins playing [with] timbrels" u; or "beating on tabrets"; as women used to do when they met their kings returning from the conquest of their enemies; see 1 Samuel 18:6; these may be the pure and primitive churches of Christ, and the members thereof, rejoicing at the preaching of the Gospel, and praising God for the blessings of grace in it; in the midst of which the ministers of the word sung the new song of Gospel truths: and who may be compared to damsels or virgins for their beauty and comeliness through Christ; for their relation to him, being betrothed unto him; and for their strong and chaste affection for him; for their uncorruptness in doctrine and worship, and their uprightness in their lives and conversation, Revelation 14:4; the allusion may be to Miriam and the women with her at the Red sea, Exodus 15:20; and the Targum interprets the whole verse of Moses and Aaron singing at the Red sea, and of Miriam and the women playing with timbrels.
u בתוך עלמות "in medio puellarum", Pagninus, Montanus; "inter puellas", Junius Tremellius, Piscator so Cocceius, Gejerus.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
The singers went before - That is, in the removal of the ark; in the solemn procession referred to in the previous verse. “In” that procession those who sang preceded those who performed on instruments of music. Compare 1 Chronicles 13:8; 1 Chronicles 15:16. “The players on instruments followed after.” The different classes of performers would naturally be ranged together. In 1 Chronicles 13:8, the following instruments of music are mentioned as having been employed on a similar occasion, if not on this very occasion - harps, psalteries, timbrels, cymbals, and trumpets.
Among them were the damsels playing with timbrels - The true construction of the passage is, “Behind were the players in the midst of damsels playing.” The singers and the players were surrounded by these women playing on timbrels. The word rendered “playing with timbrels” - תפף tâphaph - means to strike, to beat; and hence, to strike or beat upon a timbrel. A timbrel is a kind of drum, a tabret, or tambourine, usually beaten with the fingers. See a description of it in the notes at Isaiah 5:12, under the word “tabret.” It is an instrument which has been in use from the remotest antiquity.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
Verse Psalms 68:25. The singers went before — This verse appears to be a description of the procession.
