{"id":11710,"date":"2021-07-08T19:03:27","date_gmt":"2021-07-08T17:03:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/?p=11710"},"modified":"2021-07-15T21:51:02","modified_gmt":"2021-07-15T19:51:02","slug":"song-in-the-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/07\/08\/song-in-the-night\/","title":{"rendered":"Song in the night"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11728\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/07\/08\/song-in-the-night\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"800,600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"psalm 42 v 8 song in the night 3\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3.png?fit=800%2C600&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3.png?resize=800%2C600&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"at night you give me a song as my prayer to you, the living Lord God. Psalm 42v8 CEV\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11728\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3.png?w=800&amp;ssl=1 800w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3.png?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/psalm-42-v-8-song-in-the-night-3.png?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 709px) 85vw, (max-width: 909px) 67vw, (max-width: 984px) 61vw, (max-width: 1362px) 45vw, 600px\" \/><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size:smaller;\"><em>at night you give me a song as my prayer to you, the living Lord God<\/em> &nbsp;(Psalm 42:8,  CEV)<\/span><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:24px; font-family:Georgia, serif;line-height:1.5;margin-bottom:42px;\">What songs have you received from God at night to sing as your prayer to him?<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<h3>For further study and reflection<\/h3>\n<p>Article:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/bible.org\/article\/singing-songs-night\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><em>Singing Songs In The Night<\/em><\/a>&nbsp; (from <strong>bible.org<\/strong>) <\/p>\n<p>Case study:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/classic.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Acts+16%3A16-40&#038;version=NIVUK\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Acts 16:16-40<\/a>&nbsp; (Paul and Silas in prison)<br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong>From the blog<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2018\/06\/30\/singing-creations-song\/\">Singing creation\u2019s song<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2021\/04\/10\/newness-of-life\/\">Newness of life<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.irenebom.com\/prayer_matters\/2017\/08\/31\/up-to-us\/\">Up to us<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>at night you give me a song as my prayer to you, the living Lord God &nbsp;(Psalm 42:8, CEV) &nbsp; What songs have you received from God at night to sing as your prayer to him? 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For new songs","author":"Irene Bom","date":"January 5, 2026","format":false,"excerpt":"We will not keep silent based on Psalm 96 We are people who must sing you, for the sake of our very lives. You are a God who must be sung by us, for the sake of your majesty and honour. 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