"Sing unto the LORD, O ye saints of his, and give thanks at the remembrance of his holiness."
Psalm 30:4
“Sing unto the LORD,”
David, the King of Israel, is praising his God, the LORD (v. 1). In our verse for today, it is as if David cannot praise enough by himself and he invites others to join him in singing to Jehovah.
“O ye saints of his,”
It is interesting to note that David did not ask just anyone to join him in his song to the LORD, he only invited fellow believers, “saints” to join him. He was not enlisting lost sinners to sing with him, but he was inviting saved sinners to join in his song. This ancient word for “saints” means “favored [sic] ones: literally men endued with grace.”1 Here’s a song that can only rightly be sung by His child.
“But the natural man [lost man] receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God: for they are foolishness unto him: neither can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned,” (1 Corinthians 2:14).
“Let those refuse to sing,
Who never knew our God;
But children of the heav’nly King
May speak their joys abroad.”2
Believers sing! “You are his saints – chosen, blood-bought, called, and set apart for God sanctified on purpose that You should offer the daily sacrifice of praise. Abound ye in this heavenly duty. ‘Sing unto the Lord’.”3
“And give thanks”
We believers should be knowledgeable of and singing “psalms and hymns and spiritual songs,”4 as we sing to the LORD. Here David homes in on songs of thanksgiving to the LORD. We blood-bought believers have the privilege and obligation to sing our praises to the LORD.
“At the remembrance of his holiness.”
The “remembrance” is the thing remembered or even a memorial. “His holiness” is representative of all of God’s perfections.
“But thou art holy, O thou that inhabitest the praises of Israel,” (Psalm 22:3).
“Thy name, O LORD, endureth for ever; and thy memorial, O LORD, throughout all generations,” (Psalm 135:13).
When we think of our God, and we remember who He is, and His holiness, our hearts sing praise to Him!
1. E.W. Bullinger, The Companion Bible, the electronic version in eSword.
2. “We’re Marching to Zion,” lyrics by Isaac Watts, pub.1707, tune by Robert Lowry, 1867. Copyright Status, Public Domain.
3. C.H. Spurgeon, Treasury of David, the electronic version in eSword.
4. Ephesian 5:19, Colossians 3:16.