And the streets of the city will be full of boys and girls playing. ¹ 

For the hills bring it food, ¹  where all the wild animals play.

Sing to him a new song! ¹  Play skillfully as you shout out your praises to him! ² 

But now, get me a musician.” ¹  When the musician played, the Lord energized him, ² 

Singers walk in front; musicians follow playing their stringed instruments, ¹  in the midst of young women playing tambourines. ² 

Can you play ¹  with it, like a bird, or tie it on a leash ²  for your girls?

The name of his brother was Jubal; he was the first of all who play the harp and the flute.

They engaged in prostitution in Egypt; in their youth they engaged in prostitution. Their breasts were squeezed there; lovers ¹  fondled their virgin nipples there.

Let our lord instruct his servants who are here before you to look for a man who knows how to play the lyre. Then whenever the evil spirit from God comes upon you, he can play the lyre ¹  and you will feel better.” ² 

You engaged in prostitution with the Assyrians because your sexual desires were insatiable; you prostituted yourself with them and yet you were still not satisfied.

So Saul said to his servants, “Find ¹  me a man who plays well and bring him to me.”

Then an evil spirit from the Lord came upon ¹  Saul. He was sitting in his house with his spear in his hand, while David was playing the lyre. ² 

‘We played the flute for you, yet you did not dance; ¹  we wailed in mourning, ²  yet you did not weep.’

It is similar for lifeless things that make a sound, like a flute or harp. Unless they make a distinction in the notes, how can what is played on the flute or harp be understood?

Zechariah, Aziel, Shemiramoth, Jehiel, Unni, Eliab, Maaseiah, and Benaiah were to play the harps according to the alamoth style; ¹ 

All the people followed him up, playing flutes and celebrating so loudly they made the ground shake. ¹ 

Sing ¹  a song and play the tambourine, the pleasant sounding harp, and the ten-stringed instrument!

They were defiled by their deeds, and unfaithful in their actions. ¹ 

A baby ¹  will play over the hole of a snake; ²  over the nest ³  of a serpent an infant ⁴  will put his hand. ⁵ 

Realize ¹  that to them you are like a sensual song, a beautiful voice and skilled musician. ²  They hear your words, but they do not obey them. ³