You just want to sing to God.
When you simply want to sing to the Lord, you have Psalms 93 and 98.
Letter to Marcellinus
For this, the quiz gives Psalm 93, and this psalm beside it.
Psalm 98
One of the psalms St Athanasius said to pray when you just want to sing to God, in a letter from the 300s.
- 9Verses
- 1Situation
St Athanasius, Letter to Marcellinus
When to pray it
In the 300s, St Athanasius of Alexandria wrote a letter to his friend Marcellinus about praying the Psalms. In it he matched psalms to what people go through. This is what he gave this one for.
9 verses, Berean Standard Bible
The whole psalm
Psalm 98
Its own heading A Psalm.
- 1Sing to the LORD a new song, for He has done wonders; His right hand and holy arm have gained Him the victory.
- 2The LORD has proclaimed His salvation and revealed His righteousness to the nations.
- 3He has remembered His love and faithfulness to the house of Israel; all the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God.
- 4Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth; break forth—let your cry ring out, and sing praises!
- 5Sing praises to the LORD with the lyre, in melodious song with the harp.
- 6With trumpets and the blast of the ram’s horn shout for joy before the LORD, the King.
- 7Let the sea resound, and all that fills it, the world, and all who dwell in it.
- 8Let the rivers clap their hands, let the mountains sing together for joy
- 9before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
Psalm 98 is 97 in the Greek numbering Athanasius used, which Orthodox Bibles and some older Catholic ones still follow.
When life is good, and you want to thank Him and grow
Close to this
- You can feel yourself climbing: forgetting what's behind you and straining toward what's ahead.
- You want to become the kind of person who belongs with God.
- You can see the Lord shepherding you and guiding your way, and you're glad.
- You're marvelling at how well the world is ordered, at God's care in it, and at how good His commands are.
All 53 situations, in one guide.
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Bible text: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Athanasius’s advice is paraphrased from his Greek.