Saturday 4 January 2014

Psalm 57 Universal Audience

Psalm 57:9-10
The New Oxford Annotated Bible
New Revised Standard Version.

9. I will give thanks to you,  O Lord,
                     among the peoples;
    I will sing praises to you among the nations.
10  For your steadfast love is as high as the heavens;
             your faithfulness extends to the clouds.

The audience of the psalmist stretches over centuries,
over nations and over many languages.
Spoken Psalms and written Psalms are used by more people than ever.
Recorded Psalms are played privately and are broadcast on radio and TV.
On the net you can hear Psalms sung in Anglican chant, Gregorian chant and
in Orthodox chant. Though each of those may seem a world on their own,
they use the same 150 Psalms as American acappella choirs and brass bands.
Psalms are sung in more than a dozen Indian languages to local accompaniment.
There are Taize Psalms, Reggae Psalms and beautiful Serbian Psalms.
Classical composers have written settings to Psalms which are performed  to
music lovers internationally.
Welsh choirs , Chinese choirs and French Creole choirs sing praises to our One Lord.
Church organs, pan pipes and great orchestras provide accompaniment  to the same
150 Psalms
Hebrew, Byzantine, Greek and Syriac psalms from antiquity are used for worship today.
The words of Psalm 57:9-10 NRSV make a clear statement;-
The universal audience of the psalmist is matched by the universal extent of the divine
love and faithfulness of the One True God.









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