向着神唱的
这是诗歌里面最主要的部分，诗的目标乃是向神而去的。诗篇里面大多数都是向着神唱的诗，有名的五十一篇，就是向神祈求的诗。所有赞美的诗、感谢的诗、祷告的诗，都是向着神唱的。
向着人唱的
诗篇里面还有另外一类诗，乃是向着人而去的。这一类的诗，或是向人宣道，或是鼓励人到神面前去。所有传福音的诗，所有劝勉的诗，都是向着人唱的。歌罗西三章十六节『用诗章、颂辞、灵歌、彼此教导，互相劝戒，心被恩感，歌颂神』的话，可见诗是可以作为教导及劝戒之用的。这是向人而去的。但是，同时还是心被恩感歌颂神，还是要向着神而去的。所以，就是向着人而去的诗，同时也是向着神去的。在教会中，向着人而去的诗，不应该太多。在诗篇中，这一类的诗也只占少数。向着人去的诗可以有，但不宜太多。一多，就失去了诗的主要意义，因为诗的主要目的，乃是向着神去的。
向着自己唱的
在圣经中，还有第三类的诗，就是向着自己唱的诗。在诗篇中，有许多地方说，『我的心哪！』（或译作『我的魂哪！』）这些都是向着自己唱的。这一类的诗，是我和我的魂交通，我和我自己说话。每一个认识神的人，都认识甚么叫作与自己的心交通。一个人和神有交通，就自然而然学习如何与自己的心交通。这样的诗，常常在末了的时候，引到神面前去，人和自己心的交通，结果总是变作和神交通。
总结
关于救恩的、和神交通的、感谢赞美的诗，是对神唱的。当教会聚集在一起的时候，应当拣选对神说话的诗，我们的心要向着神去。在工作中，或是对信徒，或是对罪人，那时候诗的作用好像是讲道的一部分，那是对着人唱的。在我们独自在一处的时候，可以唱与自己交通的诗。所以，我们要学习，在教会的聚会（擘饼聚会、祷告聚会、交通聚会）中，唱诗要向着神唱，有时也可以对自己唱；在工作的聚会（传福音聚会、讲道聚会）中，就可以用向人唱的诗，也可以用对神唱的诗；在家里，在个人有需要时，就可以用对自己唱的诗。
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To Whom Hymns Are Sung – Rev. 14:3
Singing to God
Singing to God is the most important part of the hymns. The goal of the hymn singing is toward God. Most of the Psalms are sung to God, for instance, Psalm 51 is a famous hymn which is a prayer to God. All hymns of praise, thanksgiving and prayer are sung to God.
Singing to Man
There is another type of hymns in Psalms, which is toward man. This type of hymns is either for preaching the gospel or encouraging man to come to God. All gospel and exhortation hymns are sung to man. Col. 3:16 says “…teaching and admonishing one another with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, singing with thankfulness in your hearts to God.” This verse indicates that hymns can be used for teaching and admonition, which are for man. Meanwhile, our hearts are also filled with thankfulness toward God. Therefore, hymns that are directed toward man are also directed toward God. In the church, there should not be too many hymns directed toward man. Even in Psalms, hymns of this type account for only a minority. It is fine to have hymns toward man. But if there are too many hymns like this, it will lose the main meaning of hymn singing. Hymn singing is mainly toward God.
Singing to Oneself
In the Bible, there is a third type of hymns, which are hymns sung to oneself. In the Psalms, there are many verses where it is said, “O my heart! ” (or translated as “O my soul!”) These hymns are all sung to oneself. This type of hymns is about fellowshipping with my soul or talking to myself. For those who know God, they know what it means to fellowship with his own heart. When a person fellowships with God, he will naturally learn how to fellowship with his heart. Such hymns often lead us to God close to the end, and the fellowshipping between man and his own heart always turns into fellowshipping with God.
Summary
Hymns regarding salvation, communication with God, and praise and thanksgiving are sung to God. When the church assembles, we should select hymns that speak to God, that our hearts are directed toward God. While at service, whether to believers or to sinners, the purpose of hymn singing at that time seems to be part of the sermon, which is sung to man. When we are alone, we may sing hymns that fellowshipping with ourselves. Therefore, we need to learn to sing to God in church meetings (bread-breaking meetings, prayer meetings and fellowship meetings), and sometimes we may sing to ourselves. In service meetings (gospel meetings and message meetings) , you may have hymns toward man or toward God. When at home, if you have personal needs, you may have hymns singing to yourself.