What song are you singing?
James Cathcart
June 09, 2026
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Psalm 33: 1-12 (NIV-UK)
1
Sing joyfully to the Lord, you righteous;
it is fitting for the upright to praise him.2
Praise the Lord with the harp;
make music to him on the ten-stringed lyre.3
Sing to him a new song;
play skilfully, and shout for joy.4
For the word of the Lord is right and true;
he is faithful in all he does.5
The Lord loves righteousness and justice;
the earth is full of his unfailing love.6
By the word of the Lord the heavens were made,
their starry host by the breath of his mouth.7
He gathers the waters of the sea into jars;
he puts the deep into storehouses.8
Let all the earth fear the Lord;
let all the people of the world revere him.9
For he spoke, and it came to be;
he commanded, and it stood firm.10
The Lord foils the plans of the nations;
he thwarts the purposes of the peoples.11
But the plans of the Lord stand firm for ever,
the purposes of his heart through all generations.12
Blessed is the nation whose God is the Lord,
the people he chose for his inheritance.
One way of bringing salt and light in the world is singing new songs as this psalm urges us.
What new songs are you singing?
What in your life is worth singing about?
What are the lyrics hiding in your soul?
What melody walks the chambers of your heart?
What rhythm informs each step?
What is the music that spills out of your life?
Prayer:
We come to you Lord God,
with old tunes
and half-remembered words.
We come to you
with new translations
and bold arrangements.
We come with the new songs
and the new-to-us-songs
and the new-to-them-songs
and the too-new songs we’re still drafting.
We come carrying
an air, a threnody, a canticle,
something written on the back of an envelope.
We sustain our speech on our breath
scoring out the mathematics of vibration
and so our souls pour forth.
Amen.
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