the Week of Proper 28 / Ordinary 33
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Singing
Morrish Bible Dictionary
or In the O.T. we find there were courses of singers, and there were some who were 'taught to sing praise.' Instruments were also appointed for the singers. 1 Kings 10:12 . In Habakkuk 3:19 , at the end of the prophet's poetical 'prayer,' it says, "To the chief singer on my stringed instruments." "The singers went before, the players on instruments followed after; among them were the damsels playing with timbrels." Psalm 68:25 .
Such organised choirs have no place in the N.T. They that worship God "must worship him in spirit and in truth." This also applies to the singing: "I will sing with the spirit, and I will sing with the understanding also." 1 Corinthians 14:15 : cf. 1 Corinthians 14:26 . "Be filled with the Spirit, speaking to yourselves in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody [or chanting] in your heart to the Lord." Ephesians 5:19 . "In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Colossians 3:16 . There will be singing in heaven. Revelation 5:9 . Singing and PRAISE naturally go together. At the institution of the Lord's supper they 'sang a hymn,' margin 'psalm,' ὑμνέω. Matthew 26:30 . The same word is translated 'sang praises' unto God, when Paul and Silas were in prison, Acts 16:25; and the Lord sings praise in the midst of the assembly. Psalm 22:22; Hebrews 2:12 .
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Morrish, George. Entry for 'Singing'. Morrish Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/mbd/s/singing.html. 1897.
