Sing unto him, sing psalms unto him: talk ye of all his wondrous works.
The psalm belongs to the record of Israel's experience, which holds lessons of warning that God's people in the last days especially need to study. That history is set forth in Psalm 105 together with Psalm 106, and the two should be read regularly side by side. Together they preserve the account whose warnings are for special study now.
The verse calls people, indeed all who claim to be God's children, to sing to Him, to sing psalms to Him, and to talk of all His wondrous works. That singing and speaking appreciates His goodness and mercy and love as shown in Israel's history. His wondrous works are to be recounted in praise, and praise is to be expressed in song and psalms and thanksgiving. Sacred psalms of that kind exalt His name, turn thought toward what is pure and noble, and awaken devotion and gratitude to Him.
Its words are to be appropriated to individual experience by taking God at His word. Thanking the Lord for His word is a stronghold that causes faith to increase and not diminish, keeping hold on Him as strength and guard. It refuses distrust and discouragement in perplexity, and with fixed heart keeps speaking on the bright side, talking faith and courage about His goodness and wondrous works through continuing trials. Singing thanksgiving to God by faith, especially when tempted or discouraged, turns the heart away from discouragement, opens it to the Saviour's presence, and brings health and blessing.
The psalm belongs to the record of Israel's experience, which holds lessons of warning that God's people in the last days especially need to study. That history is set forth in Psalm 105 together with Psalm 106, and the two should be read regularly side by side. Together they preserve the account whose warnings are for special study now.
The verse calls people, indeed all who claim to be God's children, to sing to Him, to sing psalms to Him, and to talk of all His wondrous works. That singing and speaking appreciates His goodness and mercy and love as shown in Israel's history. His wondrous works are to be recounted in praise, and praise is to be expressed in song and psalms and thanksgiving. Sacred psalms of that kind exalt His name, turn thought toward what is pure and noble, and awaken devotion and gratitude to Him.
Its words are to be appropriated to individual experience by taking God at His word. Thanking the Lord for His word is a stronghold that causes faith to increase and not diminish, keeping hold on Him as strength and guard. It refuses distrust and discouragement in perplexity, and with fixed heart keeps speaking on the bright side, talking faith and courage about His goodness and wondrous works through continuing trials. Singing thanksgiving to God by faith, especially when tempted or discouraged, turns the heart away from discouragement, opens it to the Saviour's presence, and brings health and blessing.