“Now his older son was in the field; as he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
David was dancing with all his might before the Lord wearing a linen ephod.
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dream.
Let them praise His name with dancing and make music to Him with tambourine and lyre.
Praise Him with tambourine and dance; praise Him with flute and strings.
You turned my lament into dancing; You removed my sackcloth and clothed me with gladness,
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women followed her with their tambourines and danced.
a time to weep and a time to laugh; a time to mourn and a time to dance;
Again I will build you so that you will be rebuilt, Virgin Israel. You will take up your tambourines again and go out in joyful dancing.
because this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found! ’ So they began to celebrate.
So he summoned one of the servants and asked what these things meant.
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling to each other: We played the flute for you, but you didn’t dance; we sang a lament, but you didn’t weep!