success has been attributed to the troupes’ coordination and esprit de corps attained through training and dance.”2 Although David was known to dance after his numerous victories, his psalms reflect a variety of experiences that led him to dance before the Lord. In Psalm 30:2, David recounted an experience of forgiveness that grew into a desire to dance in joy. In Psalms 149:3 and 150:4, he commanded the people to praise the Lord in dance. More than 600 years after David, the prophet Jeremiah described
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