The Psalms are the Bible’s songbook but in modern times we primarily read them, and it is easy to forget that they were intended to be sung… perhaps even to help the Israelites memorize them.
I think Creator God knew we would need help to hide his word in our hearts when he told his people to combine scripture with music. God also honored those who helped his people worship by recording their names in scripture for all of eternity.
Psalm 84 begins, “For the director of music. According to gittith. Of the Sons of Korah. A Psalm.” The Korahites, or the Sons of Korah, were a group of musicians who arranged and sang psalms when Israel gathered to worship, and are responsible for at least 13 Psalms. Although we don’t know the author of this Psalm, we do know the musicians.
Today, musicians are again helping us to sing the ancient Psalms. One popular version of Psalm 84 is the wonderful song “Better is One Day” by Chris Tomlin.
But, even better for trying to memorize Psalm 84 is the following version by the Australian band, The Sons of Korah. Taking their name from the Old Testament artists, The Sons of Korah are “devoted to giving a fresh voice to the biblical psalms.” On their website, they also write about the purpose of their music concluding “the psalms present a deep and rich spiritual well for prayer and worship. The psalms were originally written as songs and they were intended to be expressed musically.”
I hope you enjoy this beautiful adaption, and may it help you memorize Psalm 84 this week.
http://youtu.be/Z8CdpR159eE
All is well,
Lisa