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Originally Posted by AV1611  Whilst I adhere to EP this will get the ball rolling for you: |
Thanks for getting the ball rolling.
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Originally Posted by AV1611 Generally the argument comes from a few angles. (1) They will argue that we are commanded to sing "new songs" and this then gives us warrant to compose our own. |
I was thinking about this one earlier this morning and searched the Bible for the phrase "new song". The search brought up 9 verses, one of which was:
Psa 98:1 <A Psalm.> O sing unto the LORD a new song; for he hath done marvellous things: his right hand, and his holy arm, hath gotten him the victory.
I thought this might be one justification, but I wondered whether that was really what the Psalmist was getting at. He had composed a new song unto the Lord, that new song is inspired and was subsequently used in worship, was He actually telling those in the temple/synagogue (or wherever they sang they Psalms) to go out and write new songs? What was meant here and in the other scriptures when it said to sing a new song?