Summary: - Shabach - to shout, to address in a loud tone, to command, to triumph - a testimony of what God has done, a joyful to overflowing attitude (Ps. 47:1, 145:4,Isa 12:6, Ps. 63:3, 5:11, 32:11, 17:1, 132:13-16) - Barak - to kneel down, to bless God as an act of adoration (James 4:6-7, 1 Peter 5:5-7, Ps. 95:6, 1 Chron. 29:20, Ps. 34:1) - we are instructed to bless (barak) the Father at all times (Ps. 34:1), as long as we live (Ps. 63:4), from day to day (Ps. 96:2), from this time forth and forever (Ps. 145:1-2), at night in the house of the Lord (Ps. 134:1), forever and ever, every day (Ps. 115:18) - Zamar - to pluck the strings of an instrument, to sing to praise (Ps. 21:13, 1 Chron. 16:9, Ps. 57:8-9) - Tehillah - derived from the word halal and means "the singing of halals, to sing or to laud" (Ps. 100:4, 22:3, 33:1, Isa. 61:3) - Other expressions of worship: - silence (Ps. 62:1, 62:5) - dance (Ps. 149:3, 150:4) - psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Eph. 5:19) - psalm - to strike a chord with a musical instrument (Ps. 150:1-6) - hymn - a sacred song - spiritual songs - from your spirit sing songs (1 Cor. 14:14-15)
