Take away from me the noise of your songs! I will not listen to the music of your harps.
Clarke went on to mention the Vulgate, the Septuagint, and the Arabic, affirming that, none of the versions implied that the instruments of music were "of God," but that they were used to worship him.[59]  Their sanction was clearly upon the authority of David, and not of the Lord.  (We shall note this question further in the notes on  Amos 6:5, below.)