It’s song to be sung based not on circumstance, but according to the calendar. Not a song just for the good times, but a song always for when it’s the right time. A song to be sung not only as a response but fit also for times of reflection. For, more than a song about rhythms, it’s a song about rest.

That’s what Psalm 92 is — that’s what I’m chewing on this morning — a song for the Sabbath.

A song to be sung when the ancients were to cease from their work and enter into a rest. A song when their labors gave way to reflecting afresh on their LORD. A song to be sung in feast and famine by those who, regardless of the season, were always flourishing (v.12-15).

How much more then is it a song for those who know an abiding Sabbath rest (Heb. 4:9) because they are “in Christ”? A lot more!

Sing it, you saints!

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It is good to give thanks to the LORD,
       to sing praises to Your name, O Most High;
to declare Your steadfast love in the morning,
       and Your faithfulness by night,
to the music of the lute and the harp,
       to the melody of the lyre.
For You, O LORD, have made me glad by Your work;
       at the works of Your hands I sing for joy.

(Psalm 92:1-4 ESV)

A song by His grace. A song for His glory.