What does the Bible say about singing?

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The Bible presents singing as a joyful, reverent response to God’s saving grace, a means of worship, mutual encouragement, and trust in every season. Believers are called to sing with gratitude, letting Christ’s word dwell richly among them as they teach and admonish one another in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs (Colossians 3:16; Ephesians 5:19). The Psalms summon God’s people to come before him with gladness, thanksgiving, and loud praise because he is their Creator, King, and Shepherd (Psalms 100:1-2; Psalms 95:1-2; Psalms 147:1). Singing also sustains faith in suffering, as Paul and Silas prayed and sang in prison (Acts 16:25). God himself rejoices over his redeemed people with singing (Zephaniah 3:17).