The singers go before, the musicians last, between maidens beating tambourines.
Let them exalt Him in the congregation of the people, and praise Him at the assembly of elders.
Halleluyah! I praise Adonai with all my heart in the company and congregation of the upright.
My feet stand on level ground. In congregations I will bless Adonai.
Then singing and dancing— all my fountains of joy are in you!
Then Miriam the prophetess, Aaron’s sister, took a tambourine in her hand, and all the women went out after her with tambourines and with dancing,
Should your springs flow in the streets, your streams of water in public squares?
Hear this, house of Jacob, who are called by the Name of Israel, who came from the wellspring of Judah, who swear by the Name of Adonai and confess the God of Israel— but not in truth or righteousness.
So Israel rests in safety, untroubled is Jacob’s fountain in a land of grain and new wine. Yes, his heavens drip dew.