The Bible has a lot to say about music. God is pleased to be praised in song. He even inspired some songs to help us do so. Indeed, he gave us an entire songbook, the Psalter.
But singing also serves other purposes, as this hymnbook demonstrates. We not only praise, but pray generally, petition specifically and witness to others in song. It is interesting to note that Jesus did that very thing according to Hebrews 2:12:
I will announce Your Name to My brothers;
In the midst of the church, I will sing a hymn to You.
Bible songs refer to a vast range of human/divine concerns and how God relates to us in them. In them, we also express suffering, doubts, sorrow, fear, joy, thanksgiving, and just about every other human response to life and God. The Psalms, in particular, provide means by which we may rightly give voice to our emotions and meditations.
Some hymns are “objective,” as their proponents call them; as if they were superior to others that are not. They speak as if there were a divine commandment to avoid those of a more “subjective” sort. But hymns are rightly outlets for all emotions as
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