Good Morning Yamon Ki Yesepar;
Psalms 13:6: “I will sing unto the Lord because He has dealt bountifully with me.”
This is pretty straight forward. The reason for this singing is because God has dealt bountifully. This word “bountifully” is “gamal” which has the idea of ripen fruits, or to bring to maturity. The writer could be rejoicing over having come through many hardships to reach a level of maturity. He could be praising God for a certain problem or situation which has now reached a level of maturity which is able to bring it under control.
To express this joy, he will “sing” to the Lord. This word for sing is “sur” which has a paragogic he. It is also in a future tense. This will be a song that comes from the heart. It will be sung not for entertainment but to praise God. In fact, this word could also be rendered as praise. There are many different words in the Hebrew that can be rendered as praise. We do not have so many words in English. Maybe it is not so much that praise is not important to us as we do not have as much variety in our praise and worship. For many praise and worship is just singing a song and lifting our hands in a church service. Yet, there are many many other forms of worship and praise. Sur is just one of them.
Sur does not necessarily have to involve song. It’s could be a poetic recitation. Mainly it has the idea of the telling and retelling of a story. Such retelling of a story tends to develop a certain type of cadence. But this is a way of praising God. It is the sharing of a testimony.
In the process of being brought to spiritual maturity one will go through many trials, many situations where you will need to depend upon God and have your faith built. One day you sit back and think about it and realize how much stronger your faith is, how closer you are to God. It is at that point that you start to become grateful for all those mountains you had to climb and now with all the stories you have to tell, you can bring encouragement to others who are just beginning the journey. You will have your own special song to sing.
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