It Is Good To Sing Thy Praises
It Is Good to Sing Thy Praises
It is good to sing Thy praises
And to thank Thee, O Most High,
Showing forth Thy loving-kindness
When the morning lights the sky.
It is good when night is falling
Of Thy faithfulness to tell,
While with sweet, melodious praises
Songs of adoration swell.
Thou hast filled my heart with gladness
Thro’ the works Thy hands have wrought;
Thou hast made my life victorious,
Great Thy works and deep Thy thought.
Thou, O Lord, on high exalted,
Reignest evermore in might;
All Thy enemies shall perish,
Sin be banished from Thy sight.
But the good shall live before Thee,
Planted in Thy dwelling place,
Fruitful trees and ever verdant,
Nourished by Thy boundless grace.
In His goodness to the righteous
God His righteousness displays;
God my Rock, my Strength, my Refuge,
Just and true are all His ways.
COMMENTING on Psalm 92, Charles Haddon Spurgeon said, “Silent worship is sweet, but vocal worship is sweeter.” Maybe you are a “silent worshiper.” Certainly Scripture affirms the importance of quiet meditation. But it also urges us to sing out in praise to God. The psalmists often fretted about their enemies, but when they launched out in praise, they were no longer alarmed. As Martin Luther said, “Come, let us sing a psalm and drive away the devil.” There is power in a song of thanksgiving. As Isaac Watts paraphrased this psalm: “Sweet is the work, my God and King, to praise Thy name, give thanks, and sing.”
Upon their return from exile in Babylon, the Jews began their Sabbath services in the temple with this psalm. In fact, it is the only psalm with an inscription indicating Sabbath use. What a great way to begin any day!
It is good to give thanks to the Lord, to sing praises to the Most High. It is good to proclaim your unfailing love in the morning, your faithfulness in the evening. . . . You thrill me, Lord, with all you have done for me! I sing for joy because of what you have done.
Psalm 92:1-2, 4
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