The Patriot

I was reading Psalm 34 this evening. It’s hard for me to read the first few verses of that psalm because I remember an old song set to those words. The insipid tune of that song runs through my head, contradicting the depth of the words. Tonight I got past that old tune and was able to appreciate the profundity of the words of that psalm.

Maybe the Bible, especially the Book of Psalms, has an emphasis on creating new songs because old songs can become annoying and detract from the words, especially if they weren’t the best songs to begin with.