Worshiping God through music is a joyful command in Scripture, with the Psalms frequently encouraging believers to sing praises to the Lord. In Psalms 105:2 and 9:2, the people of God are urged to sing of His mighty acts and tell of His wonderful works. The apostle Paul writes in Colossians 3:16 that singing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs is a way to let the word of Christ dwell in believers' hearts, while Psalms 100:1-2 invites all the earth to make a joyful noise and serve the Lord with gladness. As James 5:13 suggests, singing can also be a natural response to trials and hardships, bringing comfort and strength to those who worship.
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Let the word of Christ richly dwell within you as you teach and admonish one another with all wisdom, and as you sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with gratitude in your hearts to God.
Make a joyful noise to the LORD, all the earth. Serve the LORD with gladness; come into His presence with joyful songs.
Is any one of you suffering? He should pray. Is anyone cheerful? He should sing praises.
Shout for joy, O heavens; rejoice, O earth; break forth in song, O mountains! For the LORD has comforted His people, and He will have compassion on His afflicted ones.
Speak to one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs. Sing and make music in your hearts to the Lord,
Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.”
The LORD is my strength and my shield; my heart trusts in Him, and I am helped. Therefore my heart rejoices, and I give thanks to Him with my song.
Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me. Surely God is my salvation; I will trust and not be afraid. For the LORD GOD is my strength and my song, and He also has become my salvation.” With joy you will draw water from the springs of salvation, and on that day you will say: “Give praise to the LORD; proclaim His name! Make His works known among the peoples; declare that His name is exalted. Sing to the LORD, for He has done glorious things. Let this be known in all the earth. Cry out and sing, O citizen of Zion, for great among you is the Holy One of Israel.”
About midnight Paul and Silas were praying and singing hymns to God, and the other prisoners were listening to them.