2 And I heard a voice from heaven, ^alike the voice of many waters, and like the voice of loud thunder. And I heard the sound of ^bharpists playing their harps.  ‡

3 They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song ^aexcept the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth.  ‡