Profound Music Lends Itself to Being Worthwhile Music—part 2

Profound Music Lends Itself to Being Worthwhile Music—part 2 

Regardless of the current trend to not value profundity, there needs to be some scrutinizing the “profoundness” of the text and the music part of all music that a Christian listens to and performs.  Many ministers of music are not  bothered by the fact  that they are projecting song texts on the overhead screen that do not  include the basic, necessary  and proper punctuation marks  for the coherent presentation of  an English text.  If they do not include punctuation, it is evident that they do not understand this lyric poetry as English rhetoric.  Certainly they are not concerned about the cognitive presentation of the text.  If they did, punctuation would be considered absolutely necessary to his or her music praxis.  When a worship team projects texts on an overhead screen of religious music and do not use standard punctuation marks, they are making a statement that we do not have to give sacred lyric poetry the same respect that is given to non-sacred poetry.

Psalm 92:5 gives some insight into the profoundness of God’s thoughts and his works. “O LORD, how great are thy works! and thy thoughts are very deep.”  The English word used here is “deep” and is translated by the AV from the Hebrew word amaq (6009).  It is the same word that was translated “profound” in Hosea 5:2 which is the only time that profound is used in the Bible.  God’s works are said to be Great gadal (1431) i.e. they are exceedingly excellent.