276.“各拿着竖琴”表出于属灵的真理称谢主的神性人。我们知道，在耶路撒冷的圣殿中，人们用歌唱和相应的乐器来称谢耶和华。乐器主要是号、鼓、瑟、琴；号和鼓对应属天的良善和真理，瑟和琴对应属灵的良善和真理；对应是因着它们的声音。至于何为属天的良善和真理，何为属灵的良善和真理，可参看《天堂与地狱》（13-19，20-28节）一书。“琴”表示出于属灵的真理称谢主，这一点从以下经文明显看出来：
你们要弹琴称谢耶和华，用十弦瑟歌颂他。（诗篇33:2）
神啊，我的神！我要弹琴称赞你！（诗篇43:4）
我的神啊，我要鼓瑟称赞你！以色列的圣者啊，我要弹琴歌颂你！（诗篇71:22）
琴瑟啊，你要醒起，主啊，我要在列族中称谢你。（诗篇57:8，9；108:2-4）
你们要以感谢向耶和华歌唱，要弹竖琴颂赞我们的神。（诗篇147:7）
全地都要向耶和华欢乐，要弹竖琴，用琴和歌声歌颂耶和华。（诗篇98:4-6；43:4；137:2；约伯记30:31；以赛亚书24:7-9；30:31，32；启示录14:2；18:22）
正因“竖琴”对应对主的称谢，恶灵无法忍受它，故大卫通过弹竖琴使恶灵离开扫罗（撒母耳记上16:14-16，23）。约翰所听见的琴声其实不是琴声，而是对主的称谢。这一点可参看下文（661节）。
276. Each having a lyre. This symbolizes a confession of the Lord's Divine humanity springing from spiritual truths.
We know that in the Temple in Jerusalem, confessions of Jehovah were made with songs and musical instruments, and these had a correspondence. The instruments were principally horns and timbrels, harps and lyres. Horns and timbrels corresponded to celestial goods and truths, while harps and lyres corresponded to spiritual goods and truths. The correpondences were with their sounds.
The difference between celestial good and truth and spiritual good and truth may be seen in the book Heaven and Hell, 13-19nos. and .
That lyres symbolize confessions of the Lord springing from spiritual truths can be seen from the following passages:
Confess Jehovah with the lyre; make music to Him with a harp of ten strings. (Psalms 33:2)
...on the lyre I will confess You, O God, my God. (Psalms 43:4)
...I will confess you with the instrument of a harp... I will sing to You with the lyre, O Holy One of Israel. (Psalms 71:22)
Awake (me), harp and lyre... I will confess You among the nations, O Lord. (Psalms 57:8-9; 108:2, 3)
Answer Jehovah by confession, make music to our God with the lyre. (Psalms 147:7)
It is good to confess to Jehovah... on the harp, and on the melodious sound of the lyre. (Psalms 92:1-3)
Make a noise to Jehovah, all the earth... Sing to Jehovah with the lyre, with the lyre and the sound of singing. (Psalms 98:4, 5)
And so on in many other places, as in Psalms 49:3-4; 137:1-2, Revelation 14:2; 18:22.
Since lyres corresponded to a confession of the Lord, and evil spirits cannot endure it, therefore David used a lyre to drive away the evil spirit from Saul (1 Samuel 16:14-16, 23).
To learn that it was not lyres that John heard, but confessions of the Lord that sounded like lyres, see no. 661 below.
276. 'Each one of them having harps' signifies the confession of the Lord's Divine Human out of spiritual truths. It is known that the confessions of Jehovah made in the temple of Jerusalem were by means of songs accompanied by musical instruments, which used to correspond. The instruments were chiefly trumpets and timbrels, psalteries and harps. The trumpets and timbrels used to correspond to celestial goods and truths, and the psalteries and harps to spiritual goods and truths. The correspondences were with their sounds. What celestial good and truth, and what spiritual good and truth are may be seen in the work concerning HEAVEN AND HELL 13-19, 20-28. That 'harps' signify confessions of the Lord out of spiritual truths can be established from these passages:
Confess unto Jehovah with the harp, sing praises unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings. Psalms 33:2-3.
I will confess unto Thee on the harp, O God, my God. Psalms 43:3-4.
I will confess unto Thee on an instrument of the psaltery, I will sing unto Thee with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel. Psalms 71:22.
Arouse me, psaltery and harp, I will confess unto Thee among the nations, O Lord. Psalms 57:7-9 [H.B. 8-10]; 108:2-4.
Answer unto Jehovah by confession, sing praises upon the harp unto our God. Psalms 147:7.
It is good to confess unto Jehovah upon the psaltery, and upon higgajon 1on the harp (super higgajon in CITHARA). Psalms 92:1-3 [H.B. 2-4].
Resound unto Jehovah every land, sing unto Jehovah with the harp, with the harp and the voice of a song. Psalms 98:4-6; and in many other places, as Psalms 49:3-4 [H.B. 4-5]; Psalms 137:1-2; Job 30:31; Isaiah 24:7-9; 30:31-32; Revelation 14:2; 18:22. Because the 'harp' used to correspond to confession of the Lord, and evil spirits do not endure that [confession], therefore David by means of a 'harp' drove an evil spirit away from Saul (1 Samuel 16:14-16, 23). That they were not harps but confessions of the Lord that were heard as harps by John, may be seen below (661).
Footnotes:
1. A Hebrew word meaning perhaps a soft tone.
276. Having everyone of them harps, signifies confession of the Lord's Divine Human from spiritual truths. It is known that confessions of Jehovah were made in the temple at Jerusalem by singing, and at the same time by instruments of music which corresponded; the instruments were principally trumpets and timbrels, and psalteries and harps; the trumpets and timbrels corresponded to celestial goods and truths, and the psalteries and harps to spiritual goods and truths; the correspondences were with their sounds. What celestial good and truth is, and what spiritual good and truth, may be seen in the work concerning Heaven and Hell, (13-28). That "harps" signify confessions of the Lord from spiritual truths, may appear from these passages:
Confess to Jehovah with the harp, sing unto Him with the psaltery of ten strings, (Psalm 33:2).
I will confess to Thee on the harp, O God, my God, (Psalm 43:4).
I will confess to Thee on the instrument of the psaltery, I will sing unto Thee with the harp, O Thou Holy One of Israel, (Psalm 71:22).
Arouse me psaltery and harp, I will confess Thee among the nations, O Lord, (Psalms 57:8-9; 108:2-4).
Answer to Jehovah by confession, play on the harp to our God, (Psalms 147:7).
It is good to confess to Jehovah upon the psaltery, and upon higgaion on the harp, (Psalms 92:2-4).
Make a joyful noise unto Jehovah all the earth, sing unto Jehovah with the harp, with the harp and the voice of singing, (Psalms 98:4-6; and in many other places; as Psalms 43:4; 137:2; Job 30:31; Isaiah 24:7-9; 30:31-32; Revelation 14:2; 18:22).
Because "the harp" corresponded to confession of the Lord, and evil spirits could not endure it, therefore David by the harp caused the evil spirit to depart from Saul, (1 Samuel 16:14-16, 23). That they were not harps, but that confessions of the Lord were heard by John as harps, may be seen below, (661).
276. "Habentes unusquisque citharas," significat confessiones Divini Humani Domini ex veris spiritualibus. - Notum est, quod confessiones Jehovae in templo Hierosolymae factae fuerint Per cantica et simul per instrumenta musica, quae correspondebant; instrumenta erant praecipue buccinae et tympana, ac nablia et citharae; Bonis et Veris caelestibus correspondebant buccinae et tympana, ac Bonis et Veris spiritualibus, nablia et citharae; correspondentiae erant cum sonis illorum. Quid Bonum et Verum caeleste, et quid Bonum et Verum spirituale, videatur in Opere de Caelo et Inferno 13-28. Quod "citharae" significent confessiones Domini ex Veris spiritualibus, constare potest ex his locis:
"Confitemini Jehovae in Cithara, in Nablio decachordii psallite Ipsi," (Psalm 33:2); 1
"Confitebor Tibi in Cithara Deus, Deus mi," (Psalm 43:4); 2
"Confitebor Tibi instrumento Nablii, canam Tibi in Cithara, Sancte Israelis," (Psalm 71:22);
"Excita me Nablium et Cithara, confitebor Tibi inter gentes, Domine," (Psalm 57:9-10 (B.A. 8-9); 3Psalm 108:2, 3, 4);
"Respondete Jehovae per confessionem, psallite Deo nostro in Cithara," (Psalm 147:7; 4
"Bonum confiteri Jehovae super Nablio et super higgaion in Cithara," (Psalm 92:2, 3); 5
"Clangite Jehovae omnis terra, cantate Jehovae Cithara, Cithara et voce cantus," (Psalm 98:4-6).
(Et in multis aliis locis, ut Psalm 49:5 (B.A. 4); 6Psalm 137:2; 7Hiob 30:31; Esaias 24:7-9; 30:31-32; Apocalypsis 14:2; 18:22).
Quoniam "cithara" correspondebat confessioni Domini, et mali spiritus illam non sustinent, ideo David per Citharam abegit malum spiritum a Saule, (1 Samuelis 16:14-16, 23).
Quod non fuerint citharae, sed quod confessiones Domini auditae sicut citharae Johanni, videatur infra (661).
Footnotes:
1. 2 pro "2, 3"
2. 4 pro "3, 4"
3. 9, 10 pro "8, 9, 10"
4. 147:7 pro "137:1, 2"
5. 2, 3 pro "2, 3, 4"
6. 49:5 pro "45:4, 5"
7. 2 pro "1, 2"