Page 12 - _Holy Redeemer 35th Annual Women's Day Souvenir Journal_

David might have considered that dancing before the Lord was his "new song" for praising God.
But whatever it was, David did it with all his might.

If you have ever wondered what type attitude you should have when praising the Lord, Psalms
149 and 150 tell us that it's good to rejoice in Him with music and loudness. This rejoicing can
first start when we wake up in the morning and continue as we go to sleep at night.

"Let the saints be joyful in glory: let them sing aloud upon their beds."

Psalm 149:5 KJV

Psalms 149 and 150 encourages worship and praise that comes with music, and even dance as the
following Scripture denotes:

Let them praise his name in the dance: let them sing praises unto him with the timbrel and harp.

Praise him with the sound of the trumpet: praise him with the psaltery and harp.

Praise him with the timbrel and dance: praise him with stringed instruments and organs.

Praise him upon the loud cymbals: praise him upon the high sounding cymbals.

But everyone is not required to have loud cymbals or a trumpet when they come to church. But
our hearts should leap for joy because of what the Lord means to us. We should all sing to Him a
new song ... our song of gratitude and love that He has put on our hearts.

The Bible lesson link (at the beginning of the lesson) is for the King James Version. You may
also wish to read the New Living Translation Bible Version of Psalm 149:1-5; 150:1-6 NLT

The key verse: Psalm 150:6 (NLT) - "Let everything that breathes sing praises to the LORD!
Praise the LORD!"