The Song of Saints—part 1

The Song of Saints—part 1

Ps 149:1, “Praise ye the LORD. Sing unto the LORD a new song, and his praise in the congregation of saints.”

              At the risk of trying to rehash a much used phrase from the Bible, I am going to add my two cents to the phrase “Praise ye the LORD” from the next to last psalm in the Book of Praises or Sepher Tehilliam.  I think that this subject bears repeating since we are directly instructed to sing unto YAH (3050) the Lord most vehement.  Once in a while Christian musicians need to take account of who they music unto in and out of church.

             We know from Ephesians 5:19 that we are to sing to one another and unto the Lord at the same time. Verse one quoted above also teaches us that His praise is to be proclaimed “in the congregation of saints.”  As I have often said to my classes the ultimate goal of all sacred musicing is a response to God through our lavishing praise upon His wonderful name since He and He alone is the object of our musical worship.  Therefore, we must be sure that we are bringing a musical offering to God rather than merely hocking our musical wares to an audience.