Music to Accompany the Sabbath Mizmowr Shiyr

Music to Accompany the Sabbath Mizmowr Shiyr 

            Psalm 92:1-3 A Psalm or Song for the Sabbath day. “It is a good thing to give thanks unto the LORD, and to sing praises unto thy name, O most High: To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night, Upon an instrument of ten strings, and upon the psaltery; upon the harp with a solemn sound.”

            The Psalm heading defined this music as a mizmowr (4210) Shiyr (7892).  Strong defines mizmowr as instrumental music set to words.  The Psalmist designates that this music is specifically shiyr or music to be sung.  Why are some of the Psalms defined in this way?  The real answer is that we really do not know for certain.  Perhaps the psalmist who penned this poem, which was intended for the Sabbath day, was especially intended for the purpose of singing.

            The Psalmist continues his specificity by saying that it is good i.e. yadah (3034) to hold out one’s hands in avowal to YHVW as one worships by musicing unto God.  The Psalmist goes on to say that this act of holding out (up) the hands as one musics is, “To shew forth thy lovingkindness in the morning, and thy faithfulness every night.” 

            So, positions of worship do have biblical support.  The way we present ourselves while we music unto God has associative meaning. I am not trying to say that there is only one way to present ourselves to God as we music unto Him, but I do believe that the way we present ourselves does matter because I contend that it is an outward sign of an inner respect for the God we worship as we music.