Monday, September 18, 2006

Sing aloud

Evening: Psalm 81
[1] Sing aloud to God our strength; shout for joy to the God of Jacob. [2] Raise a song, sound the tambourine, the sweet lyre with the harp. [3] Blow the trumpet at the new moon, at the full moon, on our festal day. [4] For it is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob. [5] He made it a decree in Joseph, when he went out over the land of Egypt.

This is a psalm that I can really get behind. I am a musician - baritone who can sing bass to 2nd tenor, a flutist (or flautist), and tinkle on several other instruments - and here's a psalm that tells me to praise with voice and percussion and strings and horns - this one may miss the flute, but it's included in other psalms - and calls to rejoice.

What can I say that hasn't already been said. Praise God, praise God with what you have, praise God.

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