What a beautiful devotional poem!

"It should come as no surprise that the relationship of poetry and prayer is as old as Hebrew scripture itself. The Torah, or Five Books of Moses, is often referred to as shira, literally 'song' or 'poem,' and the last of the Torah's 613 commandments requires that every Jew study the Torah as a shira: 'Therefore, write down this poem and teach it to the people of Israel; put it in their mouths, so this poem may be my witness...' "

Indeed...although the verse cited above (Deuteronomy 31:19) refers specifically to Deuteronomy 32:1-43 (no more, no less). This is one example out of many of a specific verse being applied as a general principle. It's a way of "proof-texting" the antiquity of the cantillation (melodic rendition) of Hebrew Scripture, as far back as the Torah.

A better verse for this subject would be Psalms 119:54: "Your statutes have been my zemirot (songs accompanied by a plucked string instrument such as a lyre) in the house of my pilgrimage." Not only was all sacred and epic literature sung in public reading in the ancient world, but by default it was accompanied. Even the Torah could be so accompanied, which is not the case in the synagogues today.

I don't have a Torah text on YouTube yet, but Psalms 130 relates to this time of year in the apostolic Christian Passover, and so I include a link here.

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