Psalms 81:1-4

Oh, That My People Would Listen to Me

To the choirmaster: according to aThe Gittith.
Probably a musical or liturgical term
Of cAsaph.

1 dSing aloud to God our strength;
eshout for joy to the God of Jacob!
2Raise a song; sound fthe tambourine,
gthe sweet lyre with hthe harp.
3Blow the trumpet at ithe new moon,
at the full moon, on our feast day.
4 For it is a statute for Israel,
a rule
Or just decree
of the God of Jacob.

Mark 14:26

Jesus Foretells Peter’s Denial

26 kAnd when they had sung a hymn, lthey went out to mthe Mount of Olives.

Ephesians 5:19-20

19addressing one another in npsalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with your heart, 20 ogiving thanks always and for everything to God the Father pin the name of our Lord Jesus Christ,

Colossians 3:16-17

16Let qthe word of Christ dwell in you richly, teaching and admonishing one another in all wisdom, rsinging psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, swith thankfulness in your hearts to God. 17And twhatever you do, in word or deed, do everything in the name of the Lord Jesus, ugiving thanks to God the Father through him.

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