Saturday Psalm & Praise

This Saturday I am highlighted Psalm 98A, O Sing A New Song to the Lord. I was first introduced to this psalm about two years ago, at an annual spring conference my family was attending for the first time. As far as I can remember, this was one of my first experiences of congregational singing in parts. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to everyone sing, though I admit I was quite confounded as to how you knew which part to sing at which point! Since then I have really fallen in love with this type of singing and this piece has become my favorite sacred piece of music.


To give you a taste of the beauty of this psalm, take a peek at this video. It is only the first verse, but it gives you a glimpse of beauty of this psalm:



The words to all seven verses (shamelessly stolen from Sarah's blog!) :

O sing a new song to the Lord
For wonders He has done,
For wonders He has done;
His right hand and His holy arm
The victory have won,
The victory have won,
The victory have won.

The great salvation wrought by Him
Jehovah has made known.
Jehovah has made known.
His justice in the nations' sight
He openly has shown,
He openly has shown,
He openly has shown.

He mindful of His truth and grace
To Isr'el's house has been.
To Isr'el's house has been.
The great salvation of our God
All ends of earth have seen,
All ends of earth have seen,
All ends of earth have seen.

O all the earth, sing to the Lord
And make a joyful sound.
And make a joyful sound.
Lift up your voice aloud to Him;
Sing psalms! Let joy resound!
Sing psalms! Let joy resound!
Sing psalms! Let joy resound!

With harp make music to the Lord
With harp a psalm O sing!
With hard a psalm O sing!
With horn and trumpet raise a shout
Before the LORD, the King,
Before the LORD, the King,
Before the LORD, the King.

Let seas in all their vastness roar,
The world, it's living hoard.
The world it's living hoard.
Let rivers clap, let mountains sing
Their joy before the Lord!
Their joy before the Lord!
Their joy before the Lord!

Because He comes, He surely comes,
The judge of earth to be!
The judge of earth to be!
With justice He will judge the world,
All men with equity,
All men with equity,
All men with equity.

When you get together a room full of saints raising their voices to God with this Psalm, it really is like a small taste of heaven on earth!

Through Him,

Quote of the Day

I came across this quote, and wanted to share. Spurgeon hits the nail right on the head!

“The devil has seldom done a cleverer thing than hinting to the church that part of their mission is to provide entertainment for the people, with a view to winning them...providing amusement for the people is nowhere spoken of in the Scriptures as a function of the church...the need is for Biblical doctrine, so understood and felt that it sets men aflame.” - Charles Spurgeon

Watch Out!

Well, I'm finally getting around to updating the old blog. I spent a delightful week in Tennessee the first week of June at the Biblical Worldview Student Conference. I would encourage all my friends to consider attending next year's conference! I enjoyed the fact that the focus of the conference is on learning, though allowing free time to fellowship and dance. (Can you beat great lectures all day and then ECD every night? ) I was able to learn so much, and review points that I knew, but could always use a reminder. I look forward to sharing what I have learned with you all! I am tempted to say that you just had to be there, or just listen to the audio (though I will be posting the link so you can listen to the lectures if you so desire ;-) ) but it was explicitly mentioned to share what one learned and to not say that. Thus, I look forward to sharing with you all what I have learned. For some, it may be review, but my hope is that all will be able to enjoy and learn from it.



Soli Deo Gloria,

Jessica