Psalms 149:1-9

Sing unto the Lord a new song.

The song of the saints

1. The elect, regenerate, or true believers have a song of their own for mercies proper to them, beside the praise which they have to give for the Lord’s work round about them, and therefore they have a proper reason to praise God for their own particular.

2. The song of the redeemed elect and converted is a new song which shall never wax old, nor be cut off, an everlasting song.

3. It is God’s ordinance that the worshippers of the Lord should have assemblies and meetings wherein publicly and jointly they may glorify the Lord in proclaiming cheerfully His praise. (D. Dickson.)

Cumulative praise

Mr. Moody says: “There is much more said in the Bible about praise than about prayer. The Psalms are nothing but praise, and as David got nearer the end of the journey he seems to have thought of little else. So it is with Christians--the nearer they get to heaven, the more they praise God. Everything that God has created except the heart of man praises Him. I knew a man who always used to praise God under any circumstances. One day he came in with a severe cut on his finger, and said, ‘Praise God, I didn’t cut it off.’ Let us also praise God that our misfortunes are no worse.”