Psalm 30:4 (NIV) Sing to the LORD, you saints of his; praise his holy name.
A silent love is acceptable only from the lower animals. God has given us speech that we should call upon his name. Worship is to religion what fragrance is to the flower.—Henry Van Dyke in The Upward Path.
Today's Best Illustrations – Volume 5, (Carol Stream, IL: Christianity Today, 1997), WORDsearch CROSS e-book, Under: "PRAISE TO GOD".