Commentaries:
Adam Clarke
Speaking to yourselves in psalms - We can scarcely say what is the exact difference between these three expressions. Psalms, , may probably mean those of David.
Hymns - ̔· Extemporaneous effusions in praise of God, uttered under the influence of the Divine Spirit, or a sense of his especial goodness. See Acts 16:25.
Songs - · Odes; premeditated and regular poetic compositions; but, in whatever form they were composed, we learn that they were all , spiritual - tending to magnify God and edify men.
Singing and making melody in your heart - The heart always going with the lips. It is a shocking profanation of Divine worship to draw nigh to God with the lips, while the heart is far from him. It is too often the case that, in public worship, men are carried off from the sense of the words by the sounds that are put to them. And how few choirs of singers are there in the universe whose hearts ever accompany them in what they call singing the praises of God!
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ephesians 5:14
Colossians 3:16
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