Question 17: What are the famous songs of the Bible?
Answer:
The great songs of the Old Testament, besides the Psalms and certain metrical passages in Job, are: Lamech's Sword Song -- Genesis 4:23, 24; Noah's Song – Genesis 9:25-27; Moses' and Miriam's Song -- Exodus 15:1-19,21; War Songs, etc., -- Numbers 21:14, 15, 17, 18, 27-30; Moses' Prophetic Song -- Deuteronomy 32:1-43; Song of Deborah and Barak -- Judges 5:2-21; Samson's Riddle Song -- Judges 15:16; Hannah's Magnification -- 1 Samuel 2:1-10; David's Song of the Bow -- 2 Samuel 1:19-27; David's Song over Abner -- 2 Sam. 3:33, 34; David's Thanksgiving -- 1 Chronicles 16:8-36; Hezekiah's Song -- Isaiah 38:10-20; Jonah's Prayer Song -- Jonah 2:2-9; 26; Habakkuk's Prayer Song -- Habakkuk 3:2-19; and the four original songs in the New Testament -- Luke 1:46-55; Luke 1:68-80; Luke 2:14; Luke 2:20-33.