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Originally Posted by packabacka  I am wondering how a certain observation fits in with the fact that only what God orders is permitted in worship: there are no written songs in the Bible, only lyrics.
This really is quite puzzling, as it seems to mean that we are commanded to sing, yet we must necessarily bring in a song's musical notation from outside the text. How is this not some form of will-worship? And how far does it allow outside influences to go? |
The tune of a song is circumstantial. There are no specific commands to sing a Psalm in such and such a tune (although there are some Psalms that indicate that said song is to the tune of such and such). However, we are commanded to sing Psalms, "making melody in the heart," which implies a tune. And in order to sing we
have to have a tune of sorts. Since said parameters are not given as to precisely what that tune should be, I would say it's a matter of circumstance.