Psalm 57:9

Psalm 57:9

I will sing among the peoples

This sentence could easily be overlooked; I mean it is just an embellishment is it not? The kind of line that appears in praise songs and we all glibly sing along while we wait for the meat of the text to be revealed. This is a kind of fill-in, no one really sings among the nations and the peoples, do they?

David did. Locked away in the gloom of the Cave of Adullum, alone and cut off from his people, a stranger in his land and a fugitive among the foreign nations around, he was making a statement of intent. “When I get out of here, they are all going to hear it! When the Lord restores me and I am King of Israel, the whole world will become aware whom I serve and worship. I am going to praise You, Lord, and every nation will know about it. I am going to sing such songs that they will be repeated for ever and all the peoples will hear them. And every song will give You praise.” 

And here we are, 3,000 years later, still singing the praises of our God through the songs of David. This verse is no fill-in, it is a shout of intent that echoed around the heavens, touched the mercy seat of God and led to the publishing of the greatest Hymnal and Song Book the world has ever known!

Let us take these songs with us, let’s learn some of the words even if we don’t know all the tunes. Let’s repeat them over and over, in public places, in foreign lands, outside temples and palaces, in the forests, upon the mountains and on the seas, wherever we go “We will praise you, Lord among the nations; we will sing of you among the peoples.”  Let’s take some time to sing His praise today, not in the quietness of home but in a public place! Ok, maybe not at the top of our voices, that could get us arrested, but at least mouth the words in our hearts. Hallelujah!

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