Like David the Shepherd I will Sing

The Harp: With different versions in different cultures symbolic of the desire of the human heart to shout out musical praises to his creator, the most high in times of Joy and times of pain.

For normal times as says Psalm 49:4	I will incline my ear to a proverb; I will express my riddle on the harp.
In times of sorrow during the Exile of the God's people of Israel in Babylon as says Psalm 137:1-4	By the rivers of Babylon, There we sat down and wept, When we remembered Zion. Upon the willows in the midst of it We hung our harps. For there our captors demanded of us songs, And our tormentors mirth, saying, "Sing us one of the songs of Zion.
In times of Joy as says 2 Chronicles 20:27-28	Every man of Judah and Jerusalem returned with Jehoshaphat at their head, returning to Jerusalem with joy, for the LORD had made them to rejoice over their enemies. They came to Jerusalem with harps, lyres and trumpets to the house of the LORD
And harps even known to drive away evil spirits as says 1 Samuel 16:23	So it came about whenever the evil spirit from God came to Saul, David would take the harp and play it with his hand; and Saul would be refreshed and be well, and the evil spirit would depart from him.

A more recent story of the relationship the Harp shared with the story of human existence is found in the book "Song of the Silent Harp" by The Emerald Ballad). This book is centered on a story tiny Irish village devastated by the Potato Famine of the mid- 1800's, as they struggle to survive and hold onto their faith during Ireland's darkest days...Nora Kavanagh has lost her husband and young daughter, and now lives in fear of losing her home. She and her young son, Daniel, have only one hope for survival, the poet/patriot--and love of Nora's youth--Morgan Fitzgerald. But his dangerous involvement with a band of Irish rebels keeps him in constant danger and puts the possibility of a future for him and those he loves in jeopardy. Michael Burke, a close childhood friend of both Nora and Morgan, left his homeland for America and is now a New York City policeman. A widower with a difficult, rebellious son, he still remembers Nora with love and fondness and wants nothing more than to help her escape the cataclysmic famine and build a new life...with him.
In all these times the harp, an important possession in Irish families was no longer Played and fell silent thus characterising the book name. The harp is played next only after the family of Nora finds safe refuge in the United States.

The below Harp is a self made 36 string Paraguayan harp with 5 octaves. Taken in the backdrop of Las Collinas in Irving, Texas USA.