The Power of Sound

Psalm 95:1–2 NKJV

1 Oh come, let us sing to the Lord! Let us shout joyfully to the Rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before His presence with thanksgiving; Let us shout joyfully to Him with psalms.

Some think that worship and praise is just standing there “aweing” God. But it’s much more than that. Worship is loud. It’s filled with all kinds of sounds.

The Sounds of The Tabernacle of David

David’s tabernacle stood for 40 years in Israel.

It was a place of worship, a tent housing the Ark of the Covenant, and David set it up on Mount Zion (Jerusalem).

Moses had instituted a worship system that involved animal sacrifices, but

David substituted “sacrifices of praise” - Joyful songs of thanksgiving.

Day and night for 4 decades, a new sound of worship was released heavenward from the tabernacle of David.

Eventually, David’s son Solomon moved the tabernacle into his newly built temple (2 Chron 5-7)

David’s Tabernacle didn’t keep people out as Moses’ had done with it’s outer court, Holy place and Holy of Holies.

Instead the people of Israel would come and go 24/7.

Now all could worship freely, making the sacrifices of praise.

They worshipped with their voices, even choirs of voices.

They played stringed instruments, trumpets blared.

Shouts rang out.

After David died, some of the kings who were righteous further established Davidic worship.

They were rewarded with a response from heaven, in the form of spiritual renewal and military victories.

The Davidic style of worhsip is now the pattern for all NT beleivers.

James, in Acts 15:13-18 quoted the prophet Amos in explaining how this was so.

He was quoted from:

Amos 9:11–12 NKJV

11 “On that day I will raise up The tabernacle of David, which has fallen down, And repair its damages; I will raise up its ruins, And rebuild it as in the days of old; 12 That they may possess the remnant of Edom, And all the Gentiles who are called by My name,” Says the Lord who does this thing.

The Psalms are collections of prayers and songs that were used in the original Davidic worship.

Some came with musical instructions, like Shiggaion

meant to be sung in a wild and frenzied manner

comes from a verb which means to reel about through drink.

Strong mental emotion

Impassioned imagination...

Faithlife Study Bible Psalm 7

7:title A Shiggaion The Hebrew word used here also occurs in Hab 3:1. It may come from the verb shagah, meaning “to wander,” but its precise meaning is unknown.

For instance

Psalm 7:1–3 NKJV

1 O Lord my God, in You I put my trust; Save me from all those who persecute me; And deliver me, 2 Lest they tear me like a lion, Rending me in pieces, while there is none to deliver. 3 O Lord my God, if I have done this: If there is iniquity in my hands,

2 Samuel 6:14–18 NKJV

14 Then David danced before the Lord with all his might; and David was wearing a linen ephod. 15 So David and all the house of Israel brought up the ark of the Lord with shouting and with the sound of the trumpet. 16 Now as the ark of the Lord came into the City of David, Michal, Saul’s daughter, looked through a window and saw King David leaping and whirling before the Lord; and she despised him in her heart. 17 So they brought the ark of the Lord, and set it in its place in the midst of the tabernacle that David had erected for it. Then David offered burnt offerings and peace offerings before the Lord. 18 And when David had finished offering burnt offerings and peace offerings, he blessed the people in the name of the Lord of hosts.