Worship in
WORD:
A psalm. A song. For the
dedication of the temple. Of David.
4 Sing to
the Lord, you saints of his;
praise his holy name.
NIV
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A psalm of David. A song
for the dedication of the Temple.
Praise his holy name.
New
Living Translation ®, copyright © 1996, 2004 by Tyndale Charitable Trust.
Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers. All rights reserved_
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A
Psalm and Song at the dedication of the house of David.
4 Sing
unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his
holiness.
KJV
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Joy Comes with the
Morning
A Psalm of David. A song
at the dedication of the temple.
ESV
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I. Personal/Public Purpose
II. Personal Praise: vs. 1- 3
III. Public Exhortation: vs. 4
- 5
IV. Personal Plea: vs. 6 - 10
V. Personal/Public Praise: vs.
11 – 12
As I have written about in the
past, David is not content to keep his praise private and personal between him
and the LORD. David desires that others join in praise and thanks to God, who
delivers His people from their enemies.
4 Sing to the Lord, you saints of his;praise his holy name. NIV (’84)
4 Sing to the Lord, all you godly ones!Praise his holy name. (NLT)
4 Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness. KJV
4 Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, and give thanks to his holy name. (ESV)
The word translated “sing” is
the very word from which our English translations get the word “Psalm.”
Zamar (rmz OT:2167), to sing praise to God. With the exception of the Book of Psalms, it is only found in Judg 5:3, and 2 Sam 22:50. This word is rendered ya/llw in the LXX, whence the English psalm. It occurs in the N. T. in Rom 15:9; 1 Cor 14:15; Eph 5:19; and James 5:13.
(from Synonyms of the Old Testament. PC Study Bible formatted electronic database Copyright © 2013 by Biblesoft, Inc. All rights reserved.)
Brown Driver & Briggs Abridged
Hebrew Lexicon says:
zamar —
to sing, to sing praise, to make music(Piel)
1) to make music, to sing
2) to play a musical instrument
(from The Online Bible Thayer's Greek Lexicon and Brown Driver & Briggs Hebrew Lexicon, Copyright © 1993, Woodside Bible Fellowship, Ontario, Canada. Licensed from the Institute for Creation Research.)
David invites the “saints” to
join the band, as it were, and “sing praises to the LORD.” More will be said
about the word “saints” and also the broader context in which this exhortation
is given. For now, we are reminded that nothing in this life occurs in a
vacuum. What happens in our daily lives is not only for our good but for the
good of others as well. The overflow of our exalting should spread to our
fellow brothers and sisters in the faith. As the Lord lifts us up, we should
reach out to others and bring them up with us.
The Apostle Paul exhorts us:
18 And do not get drunk with wine, for that is debauchery, but be filled with the Spirit, 19 addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 giving thanks always and for everything to God the Father in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, 21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ.
Eph 5:18-21 ESV
As I wrote once in a poem:
Though circumstances change
And the sunny days grow dim
The Song remains the same
As we abide in Him
Things we own go up in flames
Jobs we hold may cease
The Song remains the same
He gives us abiding peace
Christ is the Song of the Ages
The true Song that never ends
The Song with infinite pages
Above all others transcends
Come join the Song of celebration
Dance, laugh, and lift your voice
Join with this happy delegation
Make a joyful noise!
Witness:
Anyone who has read my blog for
an extended period (which is virtually no one) would realize they grew out of
the pain of being abandoned by my wife of thirty-seven and a half years at the
time of her departure. One thing I realized and confessed was that my wife, in
many ways, had become an idol to me. I desired to be more in her presence,
especially in a physical way, than with the Lord spiritually. Our devotional
life together suffered because of this.
It will be five years at the
end of this month since she left me. The tears may have subsided, but the pain,
though more subdued, is still there. Every day I wake and walk with the fact
that she is gone and the accompanying memories of our life together. I
continually have imaginary conversations with her, sometimes reasoning with her
and sometimes arguing. They serve as a release for the inability for me to
really communicate with her in a meaningful way. However, I do not believe it
pleases God for me to waste my time on fictional dialogs. I attempted some real
conversations via phone calls in the beginning and then texts later on. In the
beginning, they were met with visceral, angry, or dismissive responses. Later
my texts often met with silence for days then a casual “hope you are having a
good day” type of response, completely ignoring my questions or pleadings.
In a recent message, she has
told me to divorce her and marry someone from church with the same desire to
minister. I told her I could not do such a thing since that would be wrong, and
I had promised to love her for better or worse. On Christmas, things blew up
again when one of our sons told her not to text him anymore. I had to deal with
the fallout from that, and her friend she lives with blamed me as well as my
son for hurting her feelings. He accused me of being the source of any
animosity directed towards my wife by our children. That, of course, is
nonsense, since I have exhorted and encouraged them to honor their mother in
spite of it all. Now things have settled down, and text messages have gone back
to casual but sporadic conversation.
All this stirred up the hurt
again, and especially since the five-year mark of her leaving on the 29th
of January approaches. One of the prayers that I have prayed is that God would
help me to stop dwelling on my situation and stop the conversations I have in
my head with her. That prayer has yet to be answered. However, the Lord showed
me a more deep-rooted problem the other day that hit me like a ton of bricks.
Was I asking God to be my all in all, or was I seeking a substitute for my
wife? Coming home to an empty house under my circumstances can be lonely. Was I
merely seeking God for comfort and companionship, or worse, as a distraction to
the pain and the noise in my head? While that plainly doesn’t describe my
motives or desires completely, I felt there was undoubtedly an element of truth
in it, and it threatened to become the driving motivation for seeking Him. That
would be blasphemous.
God is not a buddy or
companion. He is Lord! He doesn’t serve as a substitute or surrogate for lost
or distant relationships. He is to be loved, served, and worshiped without
respect to anyone or anything. That is clear from the Law and our Lord Jesus.
Ex 20:3
"You shall have
no other gods before me.
NIV
Deut 6:4-5
4 Hear, O Israel: The Lord our God, the
Lord is one. 5 Love the Lord
your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your strength.
NIV
Matt 22:37
Jesus replied: "'Love the Lord your God with all your
heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.'
NIV
Matt 10:37
"Anyone who
loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me; anyone who loves
his son or daughter more than me is not worthy of me
NIV
He is not a substitute, but He
is the source. The source of blessing (James 1:17) and fellowship (1 John 1:3; 2 Cor. 13:14). But I daren’t place anyone
or anything before Him or use Him merely as a filler to plug up a gaping hole
in my life. Don’t misunderstand me. He will fill the gaps in our lives, and
meet us in our loneliness, but that is not the sum total of our relationship
with Him. He is to be Lord of all of me. He will fill my holes when I love Him
wholly.
Worship
in Song: New Doxology by Gateway Worship
Praise God from Whom all
blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here
below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly
hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost
Let earth and heavenly saints
proclaim
The power and might of His
great Name
Let us exalt on bended knee
Praise God, the Holy Trinity
Praise God, praise God, praise
God, Who saved my soul
Praise God, praise God, praise
God from Whom all blessings flow
Praise to the King, His throne
transcends
His crown and Kingdom never end
Now and throughout eternity
I'll praise the One Who died
for me
Praise God, praise God, praise
God, Who saved my soul
Praise God, praise God, praise
God from Whom all blessings flow
Praise God, praise God, praise
God, Who saved my soul
Praise God, praise God, praise
God from Whom all blessings flow
Praise God from Whom all
blessings flow
Praise Him, all creatures here
below
Praise Him above, ye heavenly
hosts
Praise Father, Son, and Holy
Ghost
Writer(s): THOMAS MILLER
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