Greetings
"Oh, clap your hands, all you peoples! Shout to God with the voice of triumph!" (Psalm 47:1)
QUESTION: What does the Isley Brothers, Jimmy and Carol Owens, Pat Boone, Barry McGuire, and The Second Chapter of Acts all have in common?
ANSWER: Psalm 47:1
Back in the 70's...Jimmy and Carol Owens wrote a musical called IF MY PEOPLE based on
II Chronicles 7:14..."If my people who are called by My name will humble themselves, and pray and seek My face, and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin and heal their land." I went to a concert to hear this project...and Pat Boone, Barry McGuire and The Second Chapter of Acts were all there to sing along with a very large collective choir. The Isley Brothers...who were not on the record or at the concert have a connection...by their hit in the 50's called SHOUT (You make me wanna shout...).
The Psalmist starts off with encouragement to have movement and sound (1) Clap your hands (2) Shout to God (with a voice of triumph).
The question is WHY? Well...here are just a few reason to clap and shout:
1. The Lord Most High is awesome
2. He is a great King over all the earth
3. He will subdue the peoples under us
4. he will subdue the nations under our feet
5. He will choose our inheritance for us
6. God has gone up with a SHOUT
7. The Lord has gone up with the SOUND of a trumpet
We are called to:
1. Sing praises to God
2. Sing praises
3. Sing praises to our King
4. Sing praises
5. Sing praises with understanding
NOTE: You get the idea that this relationship with the Lord is LOUD and ACTIVE.
Why sing praises? when the princes of the people have gathered together...the people of the God of Abraham have gathered to gather. Why?
1. For God is the King of all the earth
2. God reigns over the nations
3. The shields of the earth belong to God
4. He is greatly exalted
Well...if this is NOT enough to CLAP your hands and SHOUT to God...then...I don't know what is.
NOTE: If you are going to CLAP YOUR HANDS...then don't just pitty-pat...CLAP. If you are going to SHOUT to God...crank it up to 10 (amplifier reference).
Love and Triumphant Kisses
Rodney "You Make Me Wanna Shout" Boyd
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Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Saturday, August 20, 2011
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
"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
Sunday, July 24, 2011
PSALM 18:1-3 REASON FOR PRAISE
Greetings O Ye Praisers!
"I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord...who is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED; so shall I be saved from my enemies." (Psalm 18:1-3)
The heading of this Psalm reads: "To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul...and he said:"
This leads into..."I will love You, Oh Lord...." According to my footnotes in my Spirit Filled Life Bible..."This Psalm is a repeat of the song recorded in II Samuel 22 and is the longest Psalm in Book One."
There are many reasons to praise the Lord listed in Psalm 18:1-50...but the core of the WHY is found in verse 3..."...the Lord who is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED."
He is not JUST...WORTHY because of what He DOES for us...He is WORTHY...just because HE IS WORTHY. It is not what He does...but Who He is.
In the 70's we use to sing Scripture. One of these songs that we sung vertically to the Lord (before vertical worship came into being vogue)...was Revelation 4:11.
"Thou art WORTHY, O Lord...to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all tings and by Your will they exist and were created." (Revelation 4:11)
We see later on in chapter 5..."You are WORTHY to take the scroll, and to open its seals, FOR (reason He was worthy)...You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth."
(Revelation 5:9-10)
And yet again..."WORTHY is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them I heard saying...Blessing and honor and glory and power be to HIM who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever." (Revelation 5:12-13)
Well...there ya go. If you need a reason to praise Him...don't wait for deliverance from your enemies before you start. Start NOW...in the middle of the nitty gritty. Why? Because HE IS WORTHY!!!!
Love and Praisin' Kisses
Rodney "HE IS WORTHY" Boyd
"I will love You, O Lord, my strength. The Lord is my rock and my fortress and my deliverer; my God, my strength in whom I will trust; my shield and the horn of my salvation, my stronghold. I will call upon the Lord...who is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED; so shall I be saved from my enemies." (Psalm 18:1-3)
The heading of this Psalm reads: "To the Chief Musician. A Psalm of David, the servant of the Lord, who spoke to the Lord the words of this song on the day that the Lord delivered him from the hand of all his enemies and from the hand of Saul...and he said:"
This leads into..."I will love You, Oh Lord...." According to my footnotes in my Spirit Filled Life Bible..."This Psalm is a repeat of the song recorded in II Samuel 22 and is the longest Psalm in Book One."
There are many reasons to praise the Lord listed in Psalm 18:1-50...but the core of the WHY is found in verse 3..."...the Lord who is WORTHY TO BE PRAISED."
He is not JUST...WORTHY because of what He DOES for us...He is WORTHY...just because HE IS WORTHY. It is not what He does...but Who He is.
In the 70's we use to sing Scripture. One of these songs that we sung vertically to the Lord (before vertical worship came into being vogue)...was Revelation 4:11.
"Thou art WORTHY, O Lord...to receive glory and honor and power, for You created all tings and by Your will they exist and were created." (Revelation 4:11)
We see later on in chapter 5..."You are WORTHY to take the scroll, and to open its seals, FOR (reason He was worthy)...You were slain, and have redeemed us to God by Your blood out of every tribe and tongue and priests to our God; and we shall reign on the earth."
(Revelation 5:9-10)
And yet again..."WORTHY is the Lamb who was slain to receive power and riches and wisdom and strength and honor and glory and blessing. And every creature which is in heaven and on the earth and under the earth and such as are in the sea and all that are in them I heard saying...Blessing and honor and glory and power be to HIM who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb, forever and ever." (Revelation 5:12-13)
Well...there ya go. If you need a reason to praise Him...don't wait for deliverance from your enemies before you start. Start NOW...in the middle of the nitty gritty. Why? Because HE IS WORTHY!!!!
Love and Praisin' Kisses
Rodney "HE IS WORTHY" Boyd
Friday, July 15, 2011
PSALM 13:1-4 THE HOW LONG LAMENT
Greetings O Ye Waiters...and I don't mean Ye servers of food and beverages...
"How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How Long will my enemy be exalted over me?" (Psalm 13:1-3)
The waiters that I am talking about are those who are WAITING for God to show up. In the Ruminator Sunday School class..we like to call this waiting between the point of the problem and our prayers to the point of the provision and answered prayer as THE LAND OF NITTY GRITTY. This is the land where we DO NOT SEE God. It is the land where reality (real stuff) continues to happen. It is the land where the enemy appears to have won...and God is no where in sight. It is the land where we don't deny reality...but we do deny realities right to rule us. It is the land where we have to WALK BY FAITH...NOT BY SIGHT (II Co3. 5:7) It is the land where we get to PLEASE GOD by (1) coming to Him (2) as we come to Him we believe that He is (3) we believe that He is a rewarder (4) and we diligently seek Him and not just passively inquire of Him (Hebrews 11:6)
David again laments the problem...breathes up the prayer...and the adds the BUT FACTOR.
1.. Consider and answer me, O Lord My God (Psalm 13:3)
NOTE: Praying with an anticipation of an answer. This is praying a specific prayer.
2. Enlighten my eyes
NOTE: As we walk by faith and not HUMAN SIGHT...David desires to see through EYES OF FAITH. David realizes that IF his eyes are NOT enlightened..."sleep the sleep of death". With his EYES OF FAITH open...his sleep will be the sleep of life. When we are sleeping "the sleep of death"...our enemies will see our situation as one of lose. They will say..."I have overcome him" and the adversaries will rejoice when we are shaken.
Now...David has wondered how long before an answer is coming......requested God's consideration and answer in the matter...stated the problem IF God does not intervene...and then stated the BUT FACTOR.
1. BUT
NOTE: This is where most of us miss it. We despair in the unanswered prayer...imagine what will happen to us...and never enter the BUT FACTOR...BEFORE the answer is ever seen. Unenlightened eyes stay this way...enlightened eyes see the solution more than they see the problem.
2. I HAVE trusted in Your lovingkindness
NOTE: I have...not I'm going to. The trusting in His lovingkindness takes place before the answer appears. It's called walking the the substance of things hoped (confidently expected), the evidence of things NOT SEEN.
3. My heart SHALL rejoice in Your salvation
NOTE: Not could, not possibly will...but SHALL, jump up and spin around before the answer is seen.
4. I WILL sing to the Lord
NOTE: Not a dirge...not the blues...but songs of praise by choice (I will)
6. BECAUSE...He HAS dealt bountifully with me.
NOTE: Has...is past tense. It is one of those Ebenezer moments...where God has been faithful in the past...we have built an altar to commemorate that...and as we face our present with one eye to the past (Ebenezer..God had met the need back then)...and one eye to the now (present need)...affecting our future (the outcome). All of this is based on our CHOICE when it looks like God is no where to be found...and we are wondering HOW LONG.
Love and Anticipating Kisses
Rodney "Walking By Faith" Boyd
"How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide Your face from me? How long shall I take counsel in my soul, having sorrow in my heart all the day? How Long will my enemy be exalted over me?" (Psalm 13:1-3)
The waiters that I am talking about are those who are WAITING for God to show up. In the Ruminator Sunday School class..we like to call this waiting between the point of the problem and our prayers to the point of the provision and answered prayer as THE LAND OF NITTY GRITTY. This is the land where we DO NOT SEE God. It is the land where reality (real stuff) continues to happen. It is the land where the enemy appears to have won...and God is no where in sight. It is the land where we don't deny reality...but we do deny realities right to rule us. It is the land where we have to WALK BY FAITH...NOT BY SIGHT (II Co3. 5:7) It is the land where we get to PLEASE GOD by (1) coming to Him (2) as we come to Him we believe that He is (3) we believe that He is a rewarder (4) and we diligently seek Him and not just passively inquire of Him (Hebrews 11:6)
David again laments the problem...breathes up the prayer...and the adds the BUT FACTOR.
1.. Consider and answer me, O Lord My God (Psalm 13:3)
NOTE: Praying with an anticipation of an answer. This is praying a specific prayer.
2. Enlighten my eyes
NOTE: As we walk by faith and not HUMAN SIGHT...David desires to see through EYES OF FAITH. David realizes that IF his eyes are NOT enlightened..."sleep the sleep of death". With his EYES OF FAITH open...his sleep will be the sleep of life. When we are sleeping "the sleep of death"...our enemies will see our situation as one of lose. They will say..."I have overcome him" and the adversaries will rejoice when we are shaken.
Now...David has wondered how long before an answer is coming......requested God's consideration and answer in the matter...stated the problem IF God does not intervene...and then stated the BUT FACTOR.
1. BUT
NOTE: This is where most of us miss it. We despair in the unanswered prayer...imagine what will happen to us...and never enter the BUT FACTOR...BEFORE the answer is ever seen. Unenlightened eyes stay this way...enlightened eyes see the solution more than they see the problem.
2. I HAVE trusted in Your lovingkindness
NOTE: I have...not I'm going to. The trusting in His lovingkindness takes place before the answer appears. It's called walking the the substance of things hoped (confidently expected), the evidence of things NOT SEEN.
3. My heart SHALL rejoice in Your salvation
NOTE: Not could, not possibly will...but SHALL, jump up and spin around before the answer is seen.
4. I WILL sing to the Lord
NOTE: Not a dirge...not the blues...but songs of praise by choice (I will)
6. BECAUSE...He HAS dealt bountifully with me.
NOTE: Has...is past tense. It is one of those Ebenezer moments...where God has been faithful in the past...we have built an altar to commemorate that...and as we face our present with one eye to the past (Ebenezer..God had met the need back then)...and one eye to the now (present need)...affecting our future (the outcome). All of this is based on our CHOICE when it looks like God is no where to be found...and we are wondering HOW LONG.
Love and Anticipating Kisses
Rodney "Walking By Faith" Boyd
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
PSALM 9:1-2 The CHOOSERS
Greetings CHOOSERS...What WILL you CHOOSE to DO.
"I WILL give thanks/praise to the Lord; with all my heart...I WILL tell of all Your wonders. I WILL be glad and exult in You...I WILL sing praise to Your name, O Most High."
(Psalm 9:1-2)
This is entitled..."For the choir director; on Muth-Labben. A Psalm of David" Muth-labben means "death for (or of) the son." but what it refers to is uncertain." (Thanx and a Tip O Da Hat to The Ryrie Study Bible footnote)
In the world of David...things were black and white. There was good/bad, righteous/evil, friends/enemies, right/wrong. In the world of David there was no politically correct, warm fuzzy, pacifist, forgive and forget...of course unless it was when he was in a repentant mode for his own personal sins. (Psalms 32; Psalm 51). Many of David's Psalms were "git em God"...or... "thank You, praise You, I testify about You...cause you "got em". This sometimes goes against the grain of New Testament sensibilities...as Jesus encourages us to "love our enemies."
It's all about attitude. Whatever it is...David made choices to (1) give thanks/praise (2) tell of His wonders (3) be glad (4) exult in You (5) sing praises to His name.
1. Giving thanks/praise (yadah) by extension of the hands...as if to throw a stone or arrow. It is an aggressive form of praise....and NOT half heartily.
2. Tell of His wonders (saphar) by marking as a tally/record/enumerate/recount them).
3. Be glad (samach) in You...by being cheerful, brighten up, be merry.
4. Exult (alats) in You..by jumping for you, acting triumphant.
5. Sing praises (sawmar) to your name by striking/touch fingers to the stringed instrument
and celebrate with music.
This thing called PRAISE...is not a passive exercise in futility. It is a passionate and demonstrative exercise in Worship of the Living God who will save and vindicate us as our enemies swirl around us.
As those whose roots are in the FAT PART of the book (Old Testament)...and our harvest is in the SKINNY PART of the book (New Testament)...we still have enemies...we still trust God in our battles and warfare...but our focus is BEYOND FLESH AND BLOOD.
"In conclusion, be strong in the Lord--be empowered through your union with Him; draw your strength from Him--that strength which His [boundless] might provides. Put on God's whole armor--the armor of a heavy-armed soldier, which God supplies--that you may be able to successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are NOT wrestling with flesh and blood-contending ONLY with physical opponents--but against (1) the despotism, (2) against the powers (3) against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere." (Ephesians 6:10-12)
Well...the time for HALF-HEARTED praise is over...let's get up...and get it on!!!
Love and Chosen Praise Kisses
Rodney "Exulting" Boyd
"I WILL give thanks/praise to the Lord; with all my heart...I WILL tell of all Your wonders. I WILL be glad and exult in You...I WILL sing praise to Your name, O Most High."
(Psalm 9:1-2)
This is entitled..."For the choir director; on Muth-Labben. A Psalm of David" Muth-labben means "death for (or of) the son." but what it refers to is uncertain." (Thanx and a Tip O Da Hat to The Ryrie Study Bible footnote)
In the world of David...things were black and white. There was good/bad, righteous/evil, friends/enemies, right/wrong. In the world of David there was no politically correct, warm fuzzy, pacifist, forgive and forget...of course unless it was when he was in a repentant mode for his own personal sins. (Psalms 32; Psalm 51). Many of David's Psalms were "git em God"...or... "thank You, praise You, I testify about You...cause you "got em". This sometimes goes against the grain of New Testament sensibilities...as Jesus encourages us to "love our enemies."
It's all about attitude. Whatever it is...David made choices to (1) give thanks/praise (2) tell of His wonders (3) be glad (4) exult in You (5) sing praises to His name.
1. Giving thanks/praise (yadah) by extension of the hands...as if to throw a stone or arrow. It is an aggressive form of praise....and NOT half heartily.
2. Tell of His wonders (saphar) by marking as a tally/record/enumerate/recount them).
3. Be glad (samach) in You...by being cheerful, brighten up, be merry.
4. Exult (alats) in You..by jumping for you, acting triumphant.
5. Sing praises (sawmar) to your name by striking/touch fingers to the stringed instrument
and celebrate with music.
This thing called PRAISE...is not a passive exercise in futility. It is a passionate and demonstrative exercise in Worship of the Living God who will save and vindicate us as our enemies swirl around us.
As those whose roots are in the FAT PART of the book (Old Testament)...and our harvest is in the SKINNY PART of the book (New Testament)...we still have enemies...we still trust God in our battles and warfare...but our focus is BEYOND FLESH AND BLOOD.
"In conclusion, be strong in the Lord--be empowered through your union with Him; draw your strength from Him--that strength which His [boundless] might provides. Put on God's whole armor--the armor of a heavy-armed soldier, which God supplies--that you may be able to successfully to stand up against [all] the strategies and the deceits of the devil. For we are NOT wrestling with flesh and blood-contending ONLY with physical opponents--but against (1) the despotism, (2) against the powers (3) against the spirit forces of wickedness in the heavenly (supernatural) sphere." (Ephesians 6:10-12)
Well...the time for HALF-HEARTED praise is over...let's get up...and get it on!!!
Love and Chosen Praise Kisses
Rodney "Exulting" Boyd
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
PSALM 7:17-18 Git Shiggaion Wit It
Greetings Ecstatic People...
"I WILL give thanks to the Lord...according to HIS righteousness, and WILL sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." (Psalm 7:17-18)
"To will or not to will...that is the question of CHOICE." (Shakespeare via R.L.B.)
The heading of this Psalm states "A SHIGGAION of David which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite."
A SHIGGAION...is defined in the Ryrie Study Bible commentary notes as "An obscure term, perhaps indicating an ECSTATIC SONG." This ecstatic song is concerning one of Saul's henchmen...sent to KILL David. You can only imagine David singing ecstatically about and enemy.
NOTE: Will Smith...the Fresh Prince of Belaire...had a hit song...called Get Jiggy With It. If Will can get JIGGY with it...we can get SHIGGAION with it.
ECSTASY= An overpowering emotion or exaltation; a sudden intense emotion; rapturous delight. The frenzy of poetic inspiration.
David was emotional in his Psalms. Again...David states the problem...and states the solution. In between the problem and the solution David underscores what will happen to him IF the Lord does not intervene.
David ends this FRENZY OF POETIC INSPIRATION...this OVERPOWERING EMOTIONAL, INTENSE, RAPTUROUS, EXALTATION of lament...with (1) thanks
(2) praise...again before the solution manifests.
These two things...(1) thanks (2) praise...are hinged on choice.
I WILL:
1. Give thanks to the Lord.
NOTE: This thanks is not based on the person attacking him (Cush)or the goodness/righteousness of David. This thanks is base on HIS righteousness.
2. Sing praise
NOTE: This praise sung...this Shiggaion...this frenzy of poetic inspiration is not TO the person attacking him (Cush) or his name (David)...but to the NAME OF THE LORD MOST HIGH.
When you are GOING THROUGH S.T.U.F.F. (satan troubling/tormenting/tempting us for fun)Maybe you should get your SHIGGAION on....smack dab in the middle of your troubles. It's O.K. to do this...God won't be offended. He wrote it in the Fat Part of the Book (The Old Testament) and underscored it throughout the Skinny Part of the Book (The New Testament) as we are encouraged..."In everything give a THANKS for this is the WILL of God concerning you in Christ Jesus." (I Thessalonians 5:18)..."Rejoice always" (I Thessalonians 5:16)..."Rejoice
in the Lord ALWAYS...and again I say Rejoice." (Philippians 4:4) One of the words in the Old Testament for praise is hallelujah...which means to RAVE ON...and get CLAMOURSLY FOOLISH.
Love and Shiggaion Kisses
Rodney "Getting Clamoursly Foolish" Boyd
"I WILL give thanks to the Lord...according to HIS righteousness, and WILL sing praise to the name of the Lord Most High." (Psalm 7:17-18)
"To will or not to will...that is the question of CHOICE." (Shakespeare via R.L.B.)
The heading of this Psalm states "A SHIGGAION of David which he sang to the Lord concerning Cush, a Benjamite."
A SHIGGAION...is defined in the Ryrie Study Bible commentary notes as "An obscure term, perhaps indicating an ECSTATIC SONG." This ecstatic song is concerning one of Saul's henchmen...sent to KILL David. You can only imagine David singing ecstatically about and enemy.
NOTE: Will Smith...the Fresh Prince of Belaire...had a hit song...called Get Jiggy With It. If Will can get JIGGY with it...we can get SHIGGAION with it.
ECSTASY= An overpowering emotion or exaltation; a sudden intense emotion; rapturous delight. The frenzy of poetic inspiration.
David was emotional in his Psalms. Again...David states the problem...and states the solution. In between the problem and the solution David underscores what will happen to him IF the Lord does not intervene.
David ends this FRENZY OF POETIC INSPIRATION...this OVERPOWERING EMOTIONAL, INTENSE, RAPTUROUS, EXALTATION of lament...with (1) thanks
(2) praise...again before the solution manifests.
These two things...(1) thanks (2) praise...are hinged on choice.
I WILL:
1. Give thanks to the Lord.
NOTE: This thanks is not based on the person attacking him (Cush)or the goodness/righteousness of David. This thanks is base on HIS righteousness.
2. Sing praise
NOTE: This praise sung...this Shiggaion...this frenzy of poetic inspiration is not TO the person attacking him (Cush) or his name (David)...but to the NAME OF THE LORD MOST HIGH.
When you are GOING THROUGH S.T.U.F.F. (satan troubling/tormenting/tempting us for fun)Maybe you should get your SHIGGAION on....smack dab in the middle of your troubles. It's O.K. to do this...God won't be offended. He wrote it in the Fat Part of the Book (The Old Testament) and underscored it throughout the Skinny Part of the Book (The New Testament) as we are encouraged..."In everything give a THANKS for this is the WILL of God concerning you in Christ Jesus." (I Thessalonians 5:18)..."Rejoice always" (I Thessalonians 5:16)..."Rejoice
in the Lord ALWAYS...and again I say Rejoice." (Philippians 4:4) One of the words in the Old Testament for praise is hallelujah...which means to RAVE ON...and get CLAMOURSLY FOOLISH.
Love and Shiggaion Kisses
Rodney "Getting Clamoursly Foolish" Boyd
Tuesday, June 21, 2011
THE PSALM BOOK...BEGINNINGS
Greetings and Praise The Lord...
Welcome to the beginning of the blog called THE PSALM BOOK. I have just done a cycle of one month on the book of Pro-Verbs...and wondered...what next? Should I continue with the Pro-Verbs for another 31 days...or something else. The something else is THE PSALM BOOK.
This is a collection of songs and poetry that was used in congregational worship...and you can use them in private devotions as well. The bulk of these songs/poetry is a collection of King David's songs...but also from others....Moses, Asaph, Heman, the sons of Korak,Solomon, Ethan, and Jeduthun. Also some with unknown authors. "Jewish scholars called these orphan psalms." (Thanx and a Tip O Da Hat to notes in The Spirit Filled Bible).
This collection of writings...this Sepher Tehillim (Book of Praises)...this Psalmoi/Psalterion (Poems that is to be accompanied by a stringed instrument)...is filled with temple songs, hymns of praise, elegies, laments, personal and national prayers, petitions, meditations, instructions, historical anthems, and acrostic tributes to noble themes. (Thanx and Another Tip O Da Hat to The Spirit Filled Bible). NOTE: This book is also great for a primer on repentance...as seen by the man after God's own heart...King David...needs restoration after murder and adultery (Psalm 32 and Psalm 51).
These writings are NOT just a fluffy, creme filled, pie in the sky look at life. There are real, nitty gritty issues...with a real God...sung by real people. I have always considered David as one of the first blues singers...as he laments the problem...but then praise the solution to the problem. (See Psalm 3).
We will follow the format of The Pro-Verbs (Positive-Action) blog...by systematically going from chapter one (1) all the way to chapter one hundred and fifty (150). We will not deal with the entire chapter (unless they are short) ...but something that jumps out at me...and then next time move on to the next chapter.
As you go through life...utilize The Psalm Book to lead you into the way of praise...and begin to worship the Lord in spirit and truth versus the flesh and what is happening to you.
HEBREW WORDS FOR PRAISE (Thanx and a Tip O Da Hat to various sources for these definitions including ...Strong's Concordance...Young's Concordance...Vines Lexicon...various Internet sites...and last but not least...the worship ninja...Wayne Berry.
Throughout the Bible there are seven primary Hebrew words for praise. Each one has a different colour or emphasis. You may ask yourself..."self...when is it proper to praise the Lord?" Well...self...PRAISE IS ALWAYS IN ORDER! On this inaugural issue of The Psalm Book...let's look at the word PRAISE.
1. HALAL: This is where we get the word hallelujah (halal-jah...praise Yahweh). It means... "to be clear, to shine, to boast, show, to rave, celebrate...TO BE CLAMOROUSLY FOOLISH." (Psalm 113:1-3; Psalm 150:1; Psalm 149:3; I Chronicles 2)
2. YADAH: This is a verb...meaning..."the extended hand...to throw out the hand, therefore to worship with the extended hand." The opposite meaning is..."to bemoan, the wringing of the hands." NOTE: both...actually all of these are a choice...not a gift or a fruit.
(II Chronicles 8:14; Ezra 3:10; Psalm 22:22; Psalm 63:5; Psalm 69:30; II Chronicles 20:21;
Psalm 63:1; Psalm 107:15; Genesis 49:8; II Chronicles 7:6; Isaiah 12:4; Jeremiah 33:11)
3. TOWDAH: Comes from the same principle root word as YADAH...but is used more specifically. Towdah literally means..."an extension of the hand in adoration, avowal, or acceptance." This type of praise (as with others) is thanking God for things NOT YET received as well as things "ALREADY AT HAND." NOTE: That just about covers the gamut of our prayers. (Psalm 50:14; Psalm 50:23; II Chronicles 29:31; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 42:4)
4. SHABACH: This means..."to shout, to address in a LOUD TONE...to command...to triumph." (Psalm 47:1; Psalm 145:4; Isaiah 12:6; Psalm 63:1-4; Psalm 117:1; Psalm 35:27; Psalm 106:47)
5. BARAK: This means..."to kneel down, to BLESS God as an act of adoration."
(Psalm 95:6; I Chronicles 29:20; Psalm 34:1; Job 1:21; Psalm 96:2; Psalm 103:1-2; Psalm 18:46)
6. ZAMAR: This means..."to PLUCK THE STRINGS of an instrument, to sing, to praise; a musical word which is largely involved with joyful expressions of music with musical instruments." (Psalm 21:13; I Chronicles 16:9; Psalm 57:8-9; Psalm 66:2-4; Isaiah 12:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 149:3; Psalm 30:4)
7. TEHILLAH: This word is "derived form the word HALAL and means...the singing of halals, to sing or laud; perceived to involve music, especially singing; HYMNS OF THE SPIRIT." (Psalm 22:3; Psalm 33:1; Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 34:1; I Chronicles 16:35; II Chronicles 20:22; Deuteronomy 10:21; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 147:1-2)
Well...if you read all the way to end of this blog...you are someone who love to PRAISE THE LORD!
Love and Praising Kisses
Rodney "I Wanna Dance Like David" Boyd
Welcome to the beginning of the blog called THE PSALM BOOK. I have just done a cycle of one month on the book of Pro-Verbs...and wondered...what next? Should I continue with the Pro-Verbs for another 31 days...or something else. The something else is THE PSALM BOOK.
This is a collection of songs and poetry that was used in congregational worship...and you can use them in private devotions as well. The bulk of these songs/poetry is a collection of King David's songs...but also from others....Moses, Asaph, Heman, the sons of Korak,Solomon, Ethan, and Jeduthun. Also some with unknown authors. "Jewish scholars called these orphan psalms." (Thanx and a Tip O Da Hat to notes in The Spirit Filled Bible).
This collection of writings...this Sepher Tehillim (Book of Praises)...this Psalmoi/Psalterion (Poems that is to be accompanied by a stringed instrument)...is filled with temple songs, hymns of praise, elegies, laments, personal and national prayers, petitions, meditations, instructions, historical anthems, and acrostic tributes to noble themes. (Thanx and Another Tip O Da Hat to The Spirit Filled Bible). NOTE: This book is also great for a primer on repentance...as seen by the man after God's own heart...King David...needs restoration after murder and adultery (Psalm 32 and Psalm 51).
These writings are NOT just a fluffy, creme filled, pie in the sky look at life. There are real, nitty gritty issues...with a real God...sung by real people. I have always considered David as one of the first blues singers...as he laments the problem...but then praise the solution to the problem. (See Psalm 3).
We will follow the format of The Pro-Verbs (Positive-Action) blog...by systematically going from chapter one (1) all the way to chapter one hundred and fifty (150). We will not deal with the entire chapter (unless they are short) ...but something that jumps out at me...and then next time move on to the next chapter.
As you go through life...utilize The Psalm Book to lead you into the way of praise...and begin to worship the Lord in spirit and truth versus the flesh and what is happening to you.
HEBREW WORDS FOR PRAISE (Thanx and a Tip O Da Hat to various sources for these definitions including ...Strong's Concordance...Young's Concordance...Vines Lexicon...various Internet sites...and last but not least...the worship ninja...Wayne Berry.
Throughout the Bible there are seven primary Hebrew words for praise. Each one has a different colour or emphasis. You may ask yourself..."self...when is it proper to praise the Lord?" Well...self...PRAISE IS ALWAYS IN ORDER! On this inaugural issue of The Psalm Book...let's look at the word PRAISE.
1. HALAL: This is where we get the word hallelujah (halal-jah...praise Yahweh). It means... "to be clear, to shine, to boast, show, to rave, celebrate...TO BE CLAMOROUSLY FOOLISH." (Psalm 113:1-3; Psalm 150:1; Psalm 149:3; I Chronicles 2)
2. YADAH: This is a verb...meaning..."the extended hand...to throw out the hand, therefore to worship with the extended hand." The opposite meaning is..."to bemoan, the wringing of the hands." NOTE: both...actually all of these are a choice...not a gift or a fruit.
(II Chronicles 8:14; Ezra 3:10; Psalm 22:22; Psalm 63:5; Psalm 69:30; II Chronicles 20:21;
Psalm 63:1; Psalm 107:15; Genesis 49:8; II Chronicles 7:6; Isaiah 12:4; Jeremiah 33:11)
3. TOWDAH: Comes from the same principle root word as YADAH...but is used more specifically. Towdah literally means..."an extension of the hand in adoration, avowal, or acceptance." This type of praise (as with others) is thanking God for things NOT YET received as well as things "ALREADY AT HAND." NOTE: That just about covers the gamut of our prayers. (Psalm 50:14; Psalm 50:23; II Chronicles 29:31; Jeremiah 33:11; Psalm 42:4)
4. SHABACH: This means..."to shout, to address in a LOUD TONE...to command...to triumph." (Psalm 47:1; Psalm 145:4; Isaiah 12:6; Psalm 63:1-4; Psalm 117:1; Psalm 35:27; Psalm 106:47)
5. BARAK: This means..."to kneel down, to BLESS God as an act of adoration."
(Psalm 95:6; I Chronicles 29:20; Psalm 34:1; Job 1:21; Psalm 96:2; Psalm 103:1-2; Psalm 18:46)
6. ZAMAR: This means..."to PLUCK THE STRINGS of an instrument, to sing, to praise; a musical word which is largely involved with joyful expressions of music with musical instruments." (Psalm 21:13; I Chronicles 16:9; Psalm 57:8-9; Psalm 66:2-4; Isaiah 12:5; Psalm 27:6; Psalm 149:3; Psalm 30:4)
7. TEHILLAH: This word is "derived form the word HALAL and means...the singing of halals, to sing or laud; perceived to involve music, especially singing; HYMNS OF THE SPIRIT." (Psalm 22:3; Psalm 33:1; Isaiah 61:3; Psalm 34:1; I Chronicles 16:35; II Chronicles 20:22; Deuteronomy 10:21; Exodus 15:11; Psalm 147:1-2)
Well...if you read all the way to end of this blog...you are someone who love to PRAISE THE LORD!
Love and Praising Kisses
Rodney "I Wanna Dance Like David" Boyd
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