A New Song

What does the Bible mean when it talks about a new song? I did a search on biblegateway.com and got 9 results: 6 from the Psalms, 1 from Isaiah, and 2 from Revelation.

I was mulling all this over. Why do we sing a new song? What's wrong with the ones we had before? What changes? Why sing at all? Where do we get this new song to sing?

I think the last result from Revelation is key

They sang as it were a new song before the throne, before the four living creatures, and the elders; and no one could learn that song except the hundred and forty-four thousand who were redeemed from the earth. Revelation 14:3

This new song gets sung before the throne of God, of Jesus Christ our Savior. Only the redeemed are able to sing this song.

Why?

Because when we are redeemed, and we accept God's grace, we automatically want to worship Him. But we, in our broken condition, don't have a way to truly communicate with our Maker. So when we come to know Jesus as Lord, He gives us a new song to sing. It's His way of changing our hearts to make us want to give praise to Him the way He deserves it. We learn our new song by sitting at the feet of our precious Savior. He writes it into our hearts, a love song between Christ and His Bride.



Sing to the LORD a new song, And His praise from the ends of the earth, You who go down to the sea, and all that is in it, You coastlands and you inhabitants of them! Isaiah 42:10

He has put a new song in my mouth— Praise to our God; Many will see it and fear, And will trust in the LORD. Psalm 40:3