Posted by Psalms on Wednesday, 20 January 2016
Psalms 144:9
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
144:9. I will sing a new song unto thee, O God. Weary of the false, I will adore the true. Fired with fresh enthusiasm, my gratitude will make a new channel for itself. I will sing as others have done; but it will be a new song, such as no others have sung. I will extol none but the Lord, from whom my deliverance has come.
Upon a psaltery and an instrument often strings will I sing praises unto thee. His hand should aid his tongue, not as in the case of the wicked, cooperating in deceit, but his hand would unite with his mouth in truthful praise. Music dropped naturally into place in the “worldly sanctuary,” but after all it can do no more than represent praise, and assist our expression of it; the real praise is in the heart. When artistic skill takes a higher place than hearty singing, it is time that instruments were banished from public worship; but when they are subordinate to the song, as here, it is not for us to prohibit them, or condemn those who use them. The private worshiper, singing his solo unto the Lord, has often found it helpful to accompany himself on some familiar instrument, and David says, “I will sing praise unto thee,” that is, not so much in the company of others as by himself alone.
Excerpt from:
The Treasury of David by Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834-1892)
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