Reference: Singing
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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. 1Ki 10:12. In Hab 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." Ps 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." 1Co 14:15: cf. 1Co 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." Eph 5:19. "In psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord." Col 3:16. There will be singing in heaven. Re 5:9. Singing and PRAISE naturally go together. At the institution of the Lord's supper they 'sang a hymn,' margin 'psalm,' ?????. Mt 26:30. The same word is translated 'sang praises' unto God, when Paul and Silas were in prison, Ac 16:25; and the Lord sings praise in the midst of the assembly. Ps 22:22; Heb 2:12.
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And the king made of the almug wood supports for the house of the LORD and for the king's house, also lyres and harps for the singers. No such almug wood has come or been seen to this day.
I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will praise you:
the singers in front, the musicians last, between them virgins playing tambourines:
GOD, the Lord, is my strength; he makes my feet like the deer's; he makes me tread on my high places.To the choirmaster: with stringed instruments.
And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the prisoners were listening to them,
What am I to do? I will pray with my spirit, but I will pray with my mind also; I will sing praise with my spirit, but I will sing with my mind also.
What then, brothers? When you come together, each one has a hymn, a lesson, a revelation, a tongue, or an interpretation. Let all things be done for building up.
addressing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart,
Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, singing psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, with thankfulness in your hearts to God.
saying, "I will tell of your name to my brothers; in the midst of the congregation I will sing your praise."
And they sang a new song, saying, "Worthy are you to take the scroll and to open its seals, for you were slain, and by your blood you ransomed people for God from every tribe and language and people and nation,