If You Left A Song, What Would It Say? s30e102 Ps30

This Psalm had me at the title. Even before  the title, because of the instructions. This song is to be sung after I am dead at the opening of the temple.

If you wrote a song to be sung long after you are gone, what would you say? 

David, the realist: Weeping my tarry for the night

David, the optimist: but JOY comes with the morning.

You have turned my mourning into DANCING.

I leave you with joy.  I leave you with dancing. 

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If you left a song, what would it say? s30e102 Ps 30

This song had me at the title: Not Joy comes with the morning.

We’ll get to that. But the other part of the title:

A psalm of David.  There are lots of those. Majority of this song library is from Him.

This part: A song at the dedication of the Temple

         This takes place AFTER HE IS DEAD

         Solomon his son dedicates the temple

         David WANTED to build God a temple

                  I had it in my heart to do so.  Great question what is in your heart for the Lord here is David’s: 1 Chron 28: 1 Chronicles 28:2–3 

2 Then King David rose to his feet and said: “Hear me, my brothers and my people. I had it in my heart to build a house of rest for the ark of the covenant of the Lord and for the footstool of our God, and I made preparations for building. 3 But God said to me, ‘You may not build a house for my name, for you are a man of war and have shed blood.’ 

In building the temple for me, this is not your gift, not your call, in fact it seems to be circumscribed out of the realm of possibilities for David

You may NOT build a house for my name. You are a man of war. And have shed blood. I wonder if the Lord is thinking of the blood of uriah.

David is thinking about wanting to contribute to that day.

David is anticipating a great day in the history of Israel, and the history of the world! He’d like to participate.

         He gathers national and a personal treasure to save for Solomon

Uniquely, in the annals of human history? He leaves another unique treasure

I AM GOING TO LEAVE YOU A SONG.  

         He wants to dedicate a song of thanksgiving for that day

He wants to write and dedicate a song for after he is gone.

Great concept: what song would you write, to summarize and restate your relationship with God, to be sung AFTER YOU ARE GONE.

If you left a song, what would it say?

What does David leave for posterity? Not tears but joy, but dancing. 

From a songwriting standpoint, it changes everything when this convention, point of view, this grand summary is utilized

Joy Comes with the Morning

30 A Psalm of David. A song at the dedication of the temple.

1    I will extol you, O Lord, for you have drawn me up

and have not let my foes rejoice over me. .this means that the Lord has bent over to gather up David.  You hung down to scoop him up. You had to hear and  bend to liftup David. The things that David sings about of the Lord’s contact, are a two step process: One is that the Lord bends down to help. Two is that He drawsDavid and us out of the trouble. 

2    O Lord my God, I cried to you for help, 

and you have healed me. 

3    O Lord, you have brought up my soul from Sheol; 

you restored me to life from among those who go down to the pit. .Now here’s his charge

4    Sing praises to the Lord, O you his saints, 

and give thanks to his holy name. 

5    For his anger is but for a moment, 

and his favor is for a lifetime. 

       Weeping may tarry for the night, 

but joy comes with the morning. . David lived a life that was not without weeping. 

In many ways, what do you say, sing about, in response to a life that has had some tears? .Because my life had tears…then what? throw God under the bus?

.or state the big picture.  Weeping may tarry for the night, but joy comes with the morning. David is a spiritual optimist. David has seen spiritual mornings—full of mercy after nights of weeping. 

11    You have turned for me my mourning into dancing; 

you have loosed my sackcloth

and clothed me with gladness,

12    that my glory may sing your praise and not be silent. 

O Lord my God, I will give thanks to you forever! 

Conclusion

What do you have in your heart for the Lord.  Do you want to build like mogul serve big, give generously, lead with energy and zeal, study like a monk, or pray like a tiger?

If you are in a spiritual NIGHT. So many are. Can you join David in concluding, long after you are gone: Joy comes in the morning. Joy.

David says: I leave you not with the night, I leave you with JOY

After all is said and done, I leave you with JOY. 11  You have turned for me my mourning into dancing;             Weeping may tarry for the night, 

but joy comes with the morning. .

Yup there are tears. More than one tear: Weeping.

After all is said and done, I leave you with DANCING.

Long after I am gone: Get after it: Sing praise. Give thanks. Wait for the morning. His anger is for a moment. His favor for a lifetime. 

What song would you write in conclusion, in summary, in the spirit of your life?

What would you want your melodic legacy to be? 

If you left a song, what would it say?

What song does David sing from the grave into a specific moment of history? Psalm 30: I leave you with joy.  I leave you with dancing.