PSALM 33:1-5 NEW AND SKILLED LOUDNESS (More Than Just Noise)

Greetings Praisers...

"Rejoice in the Lord, O you righteous! For praise from the upright is beautiful. Praise the Lord with the harp; Make melody to Him with an instrument of ten strings. Sing to Him a NEW SONG; play skillfully with a loud noise/a shout of joy. For the word of the Lord is right, and all His work is done in truth, He loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of the goodness of the Lord." (Psalm 33:1-5)

"Turn down that amplifier...it is to loud." (Lonnie Boyd...my Dad) Well...he was probably right...because the noise...that was coming out of my amplifier did not reflect (1) skill (2) joy (3) praise to the Lord. And to think I made that noise with only 6 strings...and not an instrument of TEN STRINGS.

This world is filled with sounds...some of it beautiful...some of it nothing but noise. Some of it is quiet and gentle...while some of it is loud and raucous. The noise that the Psalmists is writing about is:

1. In the Lord
2. Done by the righteous (not by the self-righteous)
3. From the upright (not the bent ones)
4. Is beautiful
5. Done on the harp
6. Made melody to Him
7. Done on an instrument of ten strings
8. A new song sung (new=a fresh thing
9. Played skillfully with a loud noise/shout of joy

(a) Play=beat a tune with fingers especially on stringed instrument
(b) Skillfully=make well
(c) Loud noise=clamour, acclamation of joy, battle cry, alarum/alarm, joy, jubilation, loud

NOTE: This is more than just making obnoxious noise to glorify ourselves....it is to the Lord and to others to rally as we go into war. It is more than...look how good I play.

Why? Because....

1. By the word of the Lord...the heavens were made
2. All the host of them were made by the breath of His mouth (God said...)
3. He gathers the waters of the sea together as a vessel
4. He lays up the deep in storehouses.

This is just a thumbnail of the reasons...(see all of Psalm 33 for the rest).

Well...there ya go...it ain't about the volume or the decible level so that your ears can bleed...it is about the focus of our volume...the Lord.

Love and Loud Kisses
Rodney "Turn That Music Up" Boyd