The Spiritual Song - Exploring Prophetic Worship by Mike Herron

Songs should be refreshing and inspirational

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 Using poetic similes is effective- ‘He is the Rock…’ (32:4)  They should reveal and exalt Jesus  They should be understandable to the unbeliever (Gentiles!)

Moses In The Shadow of the Almighty Ps 91:14,15

Psalm 91 is generally believed to be a composition of Moses as the language of the song is closely tied to Deuteronomy 32 and 33. The Jewish theologians believed that anonymous psalms that followed ones that had a designated author (Ps. 90- Moses) were also the work of the previously identified writer. In the last section of this psalm that celebrates God’s protection of the Israelites during the plagues of Egypt, Moses breaks out in a ‘prophetic song’ singing in the 1 st person. The six emphatic declarations about those who love and trust the Lord are not surpassed anywhere in Scripture for beauty and hope. They are a very high level of prophecy as they are irreversible oaths punctuated by God’s ‘I will…’

‘The Lord says, “I will rescue those who love me. I will protect those who trust in my name. When they call on me, I will answer; I will be with them in trouble.