A combination of voices producing an experience that has
beauty or attractiveness, that expresses something, that follows
some kind of internal logic and exhibits intelligible structure,
and that requires special skill on the part of its creator.
Life. *
1. Melody or harmony; any succession of sounds so modulated
as to please the ear, or any combination of simultaneous sounds
in accordance or harmony.
4. The art of combining sounds in a manner to please the ear.
5. Order; harmony in revolutions; as the music of the
spheres.
Webster's 1st ed., 1828 |
* adapted from Encarta '99 |
And it came to pass, when the evil spirit from God was upon Saul,
that David took an harp, and played with his hand: so Saul was
refreshed, and was well, and the evil spirit departed from him.
1 Samuel 16:23
Revelation 5:8-9 And when he had taken the book, the four beasts
and four and twenty elders fell down before the Lamb, having every
one of them harps, and golden vials full of odours, which are the
prayers of saints. {9} And they sung a new song, saying, Thou art
worthy to take the book, and to open the seals thereof: for thou
wast slain, and hast redeemed us to God by thy blood out of every
kindred, and tongue, and people, and nation;
Revelation 14:2-3 And I heard a voice from heaven, as the voice of
many waters, and as the voice of a great thunder: and I heard the
voice of harpers harping with their harps: {3} And they sung as it
were a new song before the throne, and before the four beasts, and
the elders: and no man could learn that song but the hundred and
forty and four thousand, which were redeemed from the earth.
Revelation 15:2-3 And I saw as it were a sea of glass mingled with
fire: and them that had gotten the victory over the beast, and over
his image, and over his mark, and over the number of his name, stand
on the sea of glass, having the harps of God. {3} And they sing the
song of Moses the servant of God, and the song of the Lamb, saying,
Great and marvellous are thy works, Lord God Almighty; just and true
are thy ways, thou King of saints.
The LORD is my strength and song, And He has become my salvation; He
is my God, and I will praise Him; My father's God, and I will exalt
Him.
Exodus 15:2
I Sing to the LORD, For He has triumphed gloriously!
Exodus 15:21
Hear, O ye kings; give ear, O ye princes; I, even I, will sing
unto the LORD; I will sing praise to the LORD God of Israel.
Judges 5:3
And he hath put a new song in my mouth, even praise unto our God:
many shall see it, and fear, and shall trust in the LORD.
Psalm 40:3
I will sing to the LORD as long as I live; I will sing praise to
my God while I have my being.
Psalm 104:33
I will sing a new song unto thee, O God: upon a psaltery and an
instrument of ten strings will I sing praises unto thee.
Psalm 144:9
I Praise God in His sanctuary; Praise Him in His mighty
firmament! {2} I Praise Him for His mighty acts; Praise Him
according to His excellent greatness! {3} I Praise Him with the
sound of the trumpet; Praise Him with the lute and harp! {4} I
Praise Him with the timbrel and dance; Praise Him with stringed
instruments and flutes! {5} I Praise Him with loud cymbals; Praise
Him with clashing cymbals!
Psalm 150
I sing unto the LORD a new song, and His praise from the end of
the earth,
Isaiah 42:10
I will sing with the spirit, and I will also sing with the
understanding.
1 Corinthians 14:15
I speak to one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,
singing and making melody in my heart to the Lord,
Ephesians 5:19
I let the word of Christ dwell in me richly in all wisdom,
teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and
spiritual songs, singing with grace in my heart to the Lord.
Colossians 3:16
And we know that all things work together for good to those who
love God, to those who are the called according to His
purpose. For whom He foreknew, He also predestined to be
conformed to the image of His Son, that He might be the firstborn
among many brethren.
-- Romans 8:28-29
I have remembered Thy Name, O LORD, in the night, and have
kept Thy Law.
-- Psalm 119:55
This isn't that New Age
"Positive Thinking" stuff, is it??
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