“Meanwhile, the older son was in the field. When he came near the house, he heard music and dancing.
Wearing a linen ephod, David was dancing before the Lord with all his might,
When the Lord restored the fortunes of Zion, we were like those who dreamed.
Let them praise his name with dancing and make music to him with timbrel and harp.
praise him with timbrel and dancing, praise him with the strings and pipe,
You turned my wailing into dancing; you removed my sackcloth and clothed me with joy,
Then Miriam the prophet, Aaron’s sister, took a timbrel in her hand, and all the women followed her, with timbrels and dancing.
a time to weep and a time to laugh, a time to mourn and a time to dance,
I will build you up again, and you, Virgin Israel, will be rebuilt. Again you will take up your timbrels and go out to dance with the joyful.
For this son of mine was dead and is alive again; he was lost and is found.’ So they began to celebrate.
So he called one of the servants and asked him what was going on.
They are like children sitting in the marketplace and calling out to each other: “ ‘We played the pipe for you, and you did not dance; we sang a dirge, and you did not cry.’