Our scripture reading this morning you can find in the book of Psalms, and we will read Psalm 98. Psalm 98, O sing unto the Lord a new song. For he hath done marvellous things. His right hand and his holy arm hath gotten him the victory. The Lord hath made known his salvation. His righteousness hath he openly showed in the sight of the heathen. He hath remembered his mercy and his truth toward the house of Israel. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth. Make a loud noise and rejoice and sing praise. Sing unto the Lord with the harp, with the harp and the voice of a psalm, with trumpets and sound of cornet. Make a joyful noise before the Lord. The King, let the sea roar in the fullness thereof, the world and they that dwell therein. Let the floods clap their hands. Let the hills be joyful together before the Lord. For He cometh to judge the earth. With righteousness shall He judge the world and the people with equity. This ends our scripture reading this morning. To congregation, have you ever wondered why we sing in church? Why do we sing as much as we do in church? Maybe you think, well, singing is important. And even if we look at broader society, singing is important. As citizens, we sing our national anthem. I think if we would go to the army, at least in the past, the army sings. Entertainers sing. Protesters sing. Families sing. If we go to other religions, the leaders of other religions sing. If we think of Judaism, the rabbi will sing. He will sing scripture. The Old Testament scriptures. Other religions, the leader at the front will chant. But why is Christianity a singing religion? And it's not just the leader at the front who's singing, but why does the corporate gathering, why does the church, the congregation come together? And why do they sing together? Our text this morning is the first eight words of Psalm 98. Oh, sing to the Lord a new song. Our theme simply is sing. Sing to the Lord. Consider this under three headings. Why Christians must sing. What Christians must sing. And how Christians must sing. Maybe you're thinking this first thought is a strange first thought. Why Christians must sing. Maybe you're one of those who prefers listening rather than singing. When you hear the instruction to sing, or even are called to sing in church, your response is, this is for people who can sing better than me. This is for those who like singing. It's not. Christians must sing. Even society recognizes there's many reasons to sing. If you were to look at the reasons to sing that society would say, they will tell you numerous things. Singing helps with your heart. Singing gives you an emotional booster. Singing helps cooperative spirit. Singing relieves stress. And the list goes on. And yet all of these things don't matter, ultimately, because as we come to God's Word, the reason we sing is because it comes to us as a command this morning. So we turn to Psalm 98. These words, sing to the Lord. It's not just an encouragement. It's not just so that you have better health. It's a command. It's not optional. Sing. Sing to the Lord. Why? I'd like to give you five reasons this morning. Reasons that come from Scripture and we'll be scanning, as it were, all of Scripture the reasons that it gives for singing. And the first reason is we sing to respond. In a sense, singing is always a response. Songs describe our thoughts, our attitudes, our reactions, our fears, our joys. It's true in church and outside of church. Psalm 98 says, when you sing, sing to the Lord. Respond. to the Lord. He is worthy of your praise. He's worthy of your thanks. He's worthy of your confession. Why? For He has done marvelous things. The reason you should sing is because He, your Lord and God, has done marvelous things. His right hand and His holy arm have gotten Him the victory. This is very apparent, the first time singing is mentioned in the Bible. In Genesis 4 we read of Jubal, but Jubal is the father of those who play the harp and the flute. If we continue reading through Genesis, the first time we read of people singing is in Exodus 15. If you know your Bible history, you'll understand the Israelites had been in Egypt. God had sent Moses to confront Pharaoh and lead the people out of Egypt. He had just dried up the Red Sea for the Israelites. The Red Sea had come back and drowned the army of the Egyptians. And we read in Exodus 14, and Israel saw that great work which the Lord did upon the Egyptians. And the people feared the Lord and believed the Lord and His servant Moses. Then sang Moses and the children of Israel this song, saying, I will sing to the Lord. The Lord is my strength and song, and He has become my salvation. He is my God, and I will prepare Him a habitation. He is my Father's God, and I will exalt Him. Singing is a response to God's redemption. We just sang, because the Lord our God is good. Was that your response to God the Father for all His goodness to you? Were you responding with a confession of His marvelous works? Beautiful spring day. As we see the seasons change, what's your response? Are you singing, great is Thy faithfulness, O God our Father? Singing's a response. But second, we sing to teach and to learn. Children, your teachers know that singing helps you learn new things. When we first learn the alphabet, we learn to sing. When we learn new language concepts, we can learn them through song. But what is the most important thing that we can teach? Psalm 98 again says, Sing to the Lord a new song, for He has done these marvellous things. These marvellous things need to be taught. They need to be passed down to the next generation. So we sing sometimes in Psalter 2.13, Let children thus learn from history's light to hope in our God and walk in His sight. We teach things about God when we sing. Again, this had already been done in the Old Testament. So we turn to Judges. There's a song that's part of the record of Judges. Barak and Deborah were Judges and God used them to subdue their enemies. But as you know, the Judges had to lead the people after they subdued those enemies. What does Deborah do? She sings. Judges 5. 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. And then she tells the people, this is what has happened. And this is why you should sing. And some of it is historical knowledge. She says, in the days of Shamgar the son of Anath, in the days of Jail, the highways were unoccupied. Travelers walked through byways. Inhabitants of villages ceased until I, Deborah, arose." And the song continues to narrate her struggle against the Assyrians in jail and Sisera. And at the end of the song, as she's praised God and taught the people why they should praise God for these marvelous things, Judges 5 concludes with the impact of that song. The words there, "...and the land had rest for forty years." Because of her teaching and her singing the marvelous things, the land had rest. Singing has impact. Do you realize that? Do you realize that singing teaches things? Songs teach things. Let me turn it around and ask it as a question, young people. What are you listening to? What are you teaching parents, your children, through songs that they listen to? What are you putting into their memory banks? When people get so old they can't remember their spouse's name or their children's name, they can still sing a song they learned back in their childhood. What will my children be singing when they're old? What will your children be singing when they're old? Singing teaches. Thirdly, we sing. We must sing to witness. Because these marvelous things that God has done aren't just for me, they're not just for you. They're marvelous things that the whole world needs to hear. And singing is one way that we witness these marvelous things. And singing helps us remember. Because these musical lines stick. The world needs to hear the truth of God's Word coming through songs, so that the songs that they hear from us are the right ones. The truth may still be misunderstood, but the contents in their minds reminds me of a A little video that was being passed around a couple of years ago. It was this flash mob in a Macy's store. They came around and all of a sudden there was all these people singing and singing and singing. It was glorious sound. And the people who were getting their hair done and the people who were there with shopping bags in their hands were standing there listening. And the greatest thing was, this is what they were hearing, Hallelujah for the Lord God Omnipotent reigneth. And we don't know how many people heard their first line of Scripture that day. But it's a good thing they were singing Scripture instead of something else, because singing witnesses, and it doesn't just witness of anything, we must make sure that as a church, our singing witnesses of truth. Truth people need to know. Truth people need to think about. The Lord God omnipotent reigns. That's why we must not fall to singing sappy songs. Because witnessing is of the truth. We don't sing of a product. We don't sing of an event. We don't sing of a country. We don't sing of ourselves. We sing of eternal truth, of the Lord, of His goodness, of His justice, of His truth. Even if the whole world around us is dark, we ought to sing. We ought to sing glorious things, holding it up as a light, a lantern in a dark world. Consider Habakkuk. Habakkuk was a prophet burdened. Burdened with how the people were departing from God's covenant. They were going away from covenant life. But he knows that the just shall live by faith. And Habakkuk sings, he sings, O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years. In wrath, remember mercy. Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines. Although the labor of the olive shall fail, the field shall yield no meat. Yet, I will rejoice in the Lord. I will joy in the God of my salvation. Even if everyone else is going away. Even if the world around me is dark. I'm going to sing of God. And I'm going to sing of His goodness. His salvation. What a witness. A witness on Habakkuk's part to believing Jews as well as those who had rejected the covenant. But it's a witness to truth and judgment and hope. That brings us to the fourth reason we must sing. We must sing as Christians in order to remember. There's times in life when we forget things. During a test, we might forget what we studied. During a trial, we might forget what we've already been blessed with. And yet, in both of these situations, it may help to sing. Because singing reminds us of things we already know and experience, but somehow forgot. And as we sing, our brain has been gifted to retrieve this information and remind us of these things and help us. But it's not just remembering so that there's no negative consequence. It's remembering so that we can be revived and encouraged to go out and live to God's glory. David did this with the people of Israel. The Ark had been gone for years. as he's bringing the Ark back to Jerusalem. It's a time of rejoicing. And David appoints Levites whose specific task was to commemorate and to thank and praise the Lord with song, and he gives them a song. 1 Chronicles, he says, Give thanks unto the Lord. Call upon His name. Make known His deeds. Sing unto Him. Sing psalms. Talk ye of all His wondrous works. Remember His marvelous works that He has done, His wonders and the judgments of His mouth. Be mindful always of His covenant, the word that He commanded to a thousand generations. Remember and revive yourself and encourage yourself to go forward. So today, if you need to remember God's love, sing of God's love. If you need to remember His faithfulness, sing of His faithfulness. If you need to remember He is in control, sing He is in control. Because remembering brings joy, brings comfort, brings resolve, inspires our hearts. But not only our hearts, but also the hearts and minds and spirits and souls of those around us. Because if you scan the Psalms, even though so many of them are God-centered and God-exalting, they are still directed to other believers. Because by singing, we revive those around us. Hope in the Lord, ye waiting saints, and He will well provide. Let's encourage each other through song. Fifthly, we Christians must sing to rejoice in God's work. It might seem like overlap with the first reason, to respond. Responding is a praise of truth, but rejoicing becomes much more personal. Can you rejoice because of God's work in you? Does it fill you with song, with joy, Consider 1 Samuel 1 and 2. Hannah came to the tabernacle. She came to ask the Lord for a son. She received a promise. She received later a child. She returns to the tabernacle to dedicate Samuel to the Lord. And she witnesses, not of herself, not of Samuel, but of her relationship with the Lord. My heart rejoices in the Lord. My horn is exalted in the Lord. My mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoice in Thy salvation. Today, God's children need to rejoice in what Zephaniah 3.17 says, The Lord thy God is in the midst of thee, and He is mighty. He will save. He will joy over thee with singing. The Lord sings over His children. And ought not His children then to rejoice in Him?" Are you able to rejoice in what God has done for you? When you sing, is it your heart's response to the Lord? Luther once said, music is a fair and lovely gift of God which has often awakened and moved me to the joy of preaching. Music inspired him to preach. He said, next, after theology, I give to music the highest place and the greatest honor, because my heart bubbles up and overflows in response to music which has so often refreshed me from dire plagues. And it's not because of his own strength, because he knew enough to write, a mighty fortress is our God. We rejoice in God. And so today we must sing to praise God, our strength, our song, our salvation. We must sing salvation to His people. God will give, and they that love His name with Him will live. So I ask you this morning, why do you sing? Or maybe, why don't you sing? What are your personally favorite songs? If I could go onto your iPod, young people, what would be there? If I went to the most played list, what would be on that list? Songs rejoicing in our God. There are many reasons to sing. There's more reasons to sing. But I hope this morning you see that the real reasons are not education. It's not our health. It's not our community. It's not our culture. It's not because that's what the pastor wants you to do. So you do it. The real reason to sing is because of the Lord, his marvelous work. There is a place for singing and music and other aspects of life that might not be considered explicitly religious. But, what songs bubble out of your heart? What would you want to sing if you could only sing one thing? There's many things to sing about, but Psalm 98 helps us to focus on three of them, and that brings us to our second thought. What Christians must sing? When we go back to Psalm 98 verse 1, we read, Sing unto the Lord a new song. What does the new song mean? Does that mean we can't sing songs of ages past? Of course you can. Think of it this way. When God works in your life and He converts you, He puts a new song in your mouth. He's retuned your heart. So now you sing a new song. And you might have to throw out some of those old discs or delete files because you can't sing that old song. You have to sing a new song. But it also has the implication of being a recent or a continued song. So sing to the Lord a new song. I need to keep singing this. This is the truth. I can't just sing about once in the past and say, yes, I've sang my thanks to God. No, I have to keep singing, continuously singing this. It has to be recent in my life. And there's three things that have to be continually sung of. We see this in the three verse stanzas of Psalm 98. The first thing we must sing is the new songs of salvation. We see this most clearly in verses 1-3. And again, it can be summarized by these words, He has done those marvelous things. So let me ask you, what's the most marvelous thing God has ever done? not in a human way, but with His right hand, His holy arm of strength. He has sent Christ into the world. He has sent Christ into the lives of people. Christ has conquered Satan and death in the grave. And He has revealed that so clearly to us today so that we can sing, the Lord has made known His salvation. All the ends of the earth have seen the salvation of our God. If we look at verses 1-3, we see two other important words. Righteousness and mercy. Verse 2, His righteousness hath He openly showed in the sight of the heathen. It's Christ's righteousness that brings salvation to people. And further, in verse 3, He has remembered His mercy and His truth toward the house of Israel. It's His covenant mercy, His covenant faithfulness, His truth towards His covenant people that we should sing about. Because Christ has not only come to earth, but Christ has lived a marvelous life. He has died a marvelous death. He's risen by marvelous resurrection. He's ascended marvelously into heaven. we ought to sing that new song. It was Mary's song. Mary in Luke 1 sings, My soul doth magnify the Lord, and my spirit hath rejoiced in God my Savior, for He hath regarded the lowest state of His handmaiden. For He that is mighty has done great things to me, and holy is His name. We must sing of the revelation of Christ. We must sing of how God makes that revelation known, how He passes it down from generation to generation. He still delivers from sin. He still delivers from sin's penalty. He still delivers from sin's power. He still delivers from sin's presence. And He can make you sing a new song that you've never sang in your life before. Because God still delivers from death. And He gives you the promise of resurrection. And He holds the promise of eternal life. Because Satan is conquered. Christ will reign forever and ever. But that's not a truth just for all of society. My friends, it has to become a personal truth so that you can sing, Oh God, whenever I cried to Thee, Thou heardest me. And it's delivered. We must be able to sing songs of salvation. And we must sing songs of salvation. But secondly, we must sing new songs of obedience to our King. This is in verses four through six, and particularly coming together in verses six. You might wonder how it looks like more of a list to me. But notice the first words of verse 4, Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Then the last phrase of verse 6, Make a joyful noise before the Lord the King. If we go back to the original language, this language is actually a signal for a military action. So it's actually calling for noise that signals that action is going to come behind you. As we sing, we ought to be singing that the King, He is coming. Last year in the United Kingdom, you all know there's a royal baby. The first time the royal baby was brought out into public, there's many people gathered there. And as the princess came out with this baby, there was much rejoicing. There was clapping and cheering. And what would have society thought if there was no response and all the people just looked at that baby and wondered about it? But no, as this possible future prince was presented, there was much rejoicing. That's how the world welcomes a prince. But how ought Christ's people to welcome their king? Ought we not to rejoice that our King is coming? He is coming back. Loud hosannas ought to be lifted up. Because the King is worthy of our greatest praise. And that's one of the reasons that this list is used. So make a joyful noise unto the Lord the King. Make a loud noise. Rejoice with the harp and the voice of the psalm, with trumpets and cornet. Make a joyful noise. Spurgeon says, let every form of exultation be used to praise the King. Every kind of music pressed into service till the accumulated praise shakes the skies and causes them to echo with joyful tumult. Are we singing that heartily? Are we rejoicing in our King with that much strength and energy? He goes on to say, there's no fear of being too hardy and magnifying the God of our salvation. We only need to take care, it's not false hardiness, but it actually comes from our hearts. He is coming and He will lead captivity captive. Maybe you're thinking, my best efforts fail. They fall short of the riches of the King of the Earth. I have a hard time singing. My friends, make a joyful noise before Him. Colossians 3 helps us understand how we can do that daily. Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your hearts to the Lord. And it's connected to the next verse. And whatsoever ye do, in word and deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus, giving thanks to God and the Father by Him. Our King deserves obedience. And we as Christians ought to be ready to welcome our King. We ought to be making noise to signal that the King is coming and people must be ready. And we can do that through songs of obedience. songs of surrender, songs of warning. Have you ever really sung, God is King forever? Let the nations tremble. Praise Him with fear, for holy is the Lord. we must sing songs of obedience to our King. Thirdly, we must sing songs of judgment to our Judge. This is in the third stanza of Psalm 98. And again, it comes together in the last verse. Because the hills will be joyful together before the Lord, for He comes to judge the earth. Why is judgment a reason to sing? Isaiah is one of the prophets who most calls people to sing, but often it's associated with warnings. And after one particular warning, he's warned the people of their idolatry. He's warned them, judgment is coming. Repent. He's laid out the offer of forgiveness and he concludes with, Sing, O ye heavens, for the Lord hath done it. Shout, ye lower parts of the earth, break forth into singing. O mountains, O forests, and every tree therein, sing before the Lord. For He has redeemed Jacob and glorified Himself in Israel. And Psalm 98 also references in the two previous verses, 7 and 8, Nature and song and coming judgment. Why is nature going to sing? Why is nature a model for singing in relation to judgment? We know and understand very well, God created the sea, He created the hills, He created the rivers, He created the trees. But why are they going to rejoice when the judge is coming back? Why are they going to be joyful together and clap their hands as it were? I think we need to go to Romans 8. For the earnest expectation of the creature waiteth for the manifestation of the sons of God. Because the creature itself shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the children of God. For we know that the whole creation groans and travails in pain together until now. Even creation is longing for the day when Christ will come back. And it will clap its hands. It will rejoice when it considers His people He has redeemed. He's going to glorify His creation. He's going to make it new again. That ought to make us sing. It also gives new meaning to how Isaac Watts used Psalm 98. Isaac Watts paraphrased various psalms and wrote them as hymns, and we often understand this one to be a Christmas carol. Because it's called Joy to the World. But consider this, joy to the world, the Savior reigns. Let men their songs employ while fields and floods, rocks, hills and plains repeat the sounding joy. It's not about Christ's birth. It's about Christ coming back again. It's songs of final redemption. It's repeating the joy of redemption. Because the Judge who redeems Israel and those who used to be Jacob's will say, come, ye blessed of my Father. Inherit the kingdom prepared for you. That is a reason to sing. That is a song that has to be sung. But it also is a warning, because as Christ returns as judge, He is a judge who is righteous and equitable. And to those who do not fear Him, His song will not be come. There won't be any song at all. It will be, depart from me. Go. I never knew you. It's a warning of condemnation. Then there will be no singing. So I ask you this morning, are you able to sing about the coming judgment? If you are a child of God, you ought to be able to sing about the coming judgment. If you're not, there's no reason to sing. You can't sing in hell. Because what's the description there? There's only wailing, gnashing of teeth. You don't even have the physical ability to sing anymore. But today, God still says, I'm willing to redeem Jacob's for My Son's sake. And then, together with many others who have been redeemed, Your song will be, Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power, for Thou has created all things, and for Thy pleasure they are and were created." And then we can sing no matter what is facing us. Think of the Christian martyrs who are going to their deaths. These Roman Colosseums. The Emperor, the soldiers, the lions, the torture. They would come into these arenas. And what would they do? They would sing. We don't know what they sang. But I can easily imagine martyrs surrounded by hostility, singing, in Christ alone my hope is found. He is my light, my strength, my song. This cornerstone, this solid ground, firm through the fiercest drought and storm. No power of hell, no scheme of man can ever pluck me from His hand. Till He returns or calls me home, here in the power of Christ I'll stand. Song of salvation. Songs of obedience. Songs of judgment. I asked you why you sing or why you didn't sing. I'm going to ask you what you sing. Even if you say you like Christian music, are you sure it's about salvation and obedience and judgment? Well, we have much reason for singing from Psalm 98. There's one more question to consider. How Christians must sing. And the Psalms help us understand that too. Our third thought is how Christians must sing. Very simply, singing is using your voice as a musical instrument. Like everything else Christians are called to do, they should do it all their might, their skill, their ability to the glory of God. Psalm 98 also helps us understand, though, how practically we can improve on this. I want to leave with you three practical Tips for how Christians must sing that take no extra special singing ability. First, we must sing with intention. Look once more at verse 4. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord, all the earth. Make the loud noise and rejoice and sing. Notice three things. The noise must be made. Make it. Do it. Sometimes we can sing in our hearts. That's valid. But we need to share with others. Make the noise. Second, it's true for all the earth. Every tongue must sing. And thirdly, the phrase, make a loud noise and rejoice and sing praise can also be interpreted as burst forth and sing and play. In other words, be intentional. Don't hold it back. Let it burst out of you. Let it come out of you. Do not be ashamed. Do not be embarrassed. Just let it come. As we sing together as a church, it's not just for those who can sing better than us. It's for everybody who knows that salvation. They should sing. It has to be intentional. And we do need more singing in our days. Because it's easier to listen than to sing. And so often we choose to listen in our homes, we choose to listen in our cars when we could be singing in our homes and we could be singing in our cars. So I encourage you, sing with your personal devotions. Sing with your family worship. In your car, sing instead of listen. In the songs we choose, choose with intention. It's true in the worship service. The songs are chosen with intention. The opening song of the service is a call to worship, and it's your response to the opportunity to hear the Word again. The song before the sermon, it is preparing your mind for the message. The song after the sermon is your response to the Word. You can be equally intentional about what you sing with your family or when you're doing personal devotions. Sing with intention. Make the joyful noise. Second, we must sing with enthusiasm and skill. Because again, if we go through verse 4, it's the adjectives. Make a joyful noise unto the Lord. Make a loud noise and rejoice. Our singing must be with energy. And sometimes that means a loud noise. There's a place for the trumpet. There's a place for the cornet. Sometimes that means with a soft noise. There's a place for the harp. in the meditation. But both loud and soft will be done with enthusiasm because both are coming from the heart. Both are with intention. Both are being done meaningfully. Then even as we sing as a church, our singing must match the words. If it's a joyful message, we must sing together with loud joy. If it's a reflective message, we may sing softer together. with reflective joy. Everyone must make this loud noise. And it's not so that one voice comes out above all the others. You're not singing as an individual. Remember, it's corporate. We are the church. We are the body of Christ. We are singing praise with others around us who have been saved and want to sing these same songs of salvation. One pastor told his people, sing with courage. Beware of singing as if you were half asleep. But lift up your voice with strength. Don't be afraid of your voice now. You're not afraid of it when you talk. You weren't afraid of it when you used to sing the songs of the world. Sing now. We shouldn't be able to mutter these songs under our breath. We may sing them in our hearts very happily and quietly. But together in corporate worship, it's not about muttering. It ought to be about singing with joy, with thankfulness, with gratitude. Let me give you a practical analogy. It's not good when we sing happy birthday with more enthusiasm than we do the songs of the church. So together as a church, as you sing, sit up, stand up as straight as possible, hold your book up. You're not singing to the floor. You're singing to the Lord. And let it come out. Let it resound. And let it shake as it were the very heavens. Because this is the news of salvation. Sing out. If you know the song, you don't need your book right here. Sing out. Thirdly, we must sing with understanding. It's understanding of what we're doing. It's understanding of the words we're singing. It's understanding of the reasons why we sing. Remember, it's a response to the Lord and His marvelous things. It's a confession. It's a witness. It's a personal rejoicing. So sing with understanding when you sing alone. but also sing with understanding as you come together as a congregation and sing. You're not just a spectator in the stand singing the national anthem. You are singing songs of salvation to your Lord and King with others who have been redeemed. It is an act of worship. It has to be done with all of your heart, with all of your soul, with all of your mind, with all of your strength. You're uniting with the body of Christ. You're not singing for others. You're not singing for your parents. You're not singing for the pastor. You're singing to God. For God. Because singing is a spiritual activity. What you sing, how you sing, reflects your heart. As we sing, we need to ask ourselves, do I understand what I'm singing? Am I singing reflectively? Do I know this? Do I believe this? Do I feel this? Am I singing as if I know this, as if I feel this? Or, do you sing, O bless the Lord my soul with all thy power, with as little singing power as possible? It ought not to be. Singing is not a lesser part of worship. Singing is worship of our God. And you can only really sing if you have that new song in your heart. If you know that salvation, if you know that obedience, if you know that longing for final redemption. Because singing is preparation. It's preparation for that day when the greatest choir ever, which no man can number, of all nations and kindreds and peoples and tongues stand before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed with white robes and palms in their hands, and cry and sing with a loud voice, saying, Salvation to our God which sits upon the throne and unto the Lamb. All the angels which stood around the throne and the elders and the four beasts fell before the throne on their faces and worshipped God, saying, Amen. Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be unto our God forever and ever. Let us sing that new song. Amen.