timfost
Puritan Board Senior
Just so I understand your take a little more cleary (based on how you interpreted the Psalm), do you believe we are commanded (required) to use instruments in worship proper today?
No, just as syllabic/melismatic, four-part/chant makes no difference, praise is praise whether or not accompanied by instruments. To require their use would be to make it ceremonial. Psalm 149 is not telling the saints they cannot praise God unless they have certain instruments, but rather to praise God with everything they have!