Sing along to Psalm 76 and listen to Zac Hick who wrote the music for the psalm :)
Steve Harper in his blog has this to say about psalms.
Today, we often speak of “praying the psalms,” or we refer to the psalms as “the prayer book of the Bible.” But the early Christians did not blend the two to this extent. For them, the psalms were seen as a kind of summary of the rest of the Old Testament, long portions of which are not prayers at all. Evagrius called them a manifestation of “the manifold wisdom of God.” The psalmists are more nearly prophets (who speak the word of God to the people) than they are worship leaders (who guide the people in praying to God). Prayer, strictly speaking then, is the speaking (out loud or in silence) we do to God in relation to and response to the revelation of wisdom. In the largest sense, however, we may unite the psalms and prayer when we think of praying as both God speaking to us, and us speaking to God.
Re-read Psalm 76. Marvel at the generations of Christians who have read this psalm as well.
Today, we often speak of “praying the psalms,” or we refer to the psalms as “the prayer book of the Bible.” But the early Christians did not blend the two to this extent. For them, the psalms were seen as a kind of summary of the rest of the Old Testament, long portions of which are not prayers at all. Evagrius called them a manifestation of “the manifold wisdom of God.” The psalmists are more nearly prophets (who speak the word of God to the people) than they are worship leaders (who guide the people in praying to God). Prayer, strictly speaking then, is the speaking (out loud or in silence) we do to God in relation to and response to the revelation of wisdom. In the largest sense, however, we may unite the psalms and prayer when we think of praying as both God speaking to us, and us speaking to God.
Re-read Psalm 76. Marvel at the generations of Christians who have read this psalm as well.
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