There is an enormous amount of literature
concerning the Book of Psalms. These
sources include writings from ancient to modern times and range from technical
to devotional. The Book of Psalms is the
most ancient complete collection of mono-theistic lyric and didactic poetry
extant today. It is probably the
greatest ancient religious poetry ever written.
These songs written about God have had an unmeasurable influence on
mankind from antiquity to present.
We
now have available to us the ancient poems and melodies that the Hebrew nation
sang unto God centuries ago. The Book of
Psalms is really the Sepher Tehillim
or the Scroll of Praises unto God. The
Hebrew title is most appropriate since the central theme of these ancient songs
is praise unto God. The twenty-first
century church musician should therefore make sure that the tenor of church
music remains praise unto God.
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