The singers go first, the harpists follow; in their midst girls sound the timbrels.
Let them extol him in the assembly of the people, and praise him in the council of the elders.
Hallelujah! I will praise the Lord with all my heart in the assembled congregation of the upright.
My foot stands on level ground; in assemblies I will bless the Lord.
So singers and dancers: “All my springs are in you.”
Then the prophet Miriam, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, while all the women went out after her with tambourines, dancing;
Should your water sources be dispersed abroad, streams of water in the streets?
Hear this, house of Jacob called by the name Israel, sprung from the stock of Judah, You who swear by the name of the Lord and invoke the God of Israel without sincerity, without justice,
Israel abides securely, Jacob dwells apart, In a land of grain and wine, where the heavens drip with dew.