by Steve HueyTwo-thirds of the gospel vocal trio Selah grew up in Africa, and that influence makes itself felt on the group's 1999 debut album, Be Still My Soul. Press On appeared two years later.The Psalms were sung accompanied by musical instruments and there are references to this in many chapters. Thirty-one of the thirty-nine psalms with the caption "To the choir-master" include the word selah. Selah notes a break in the song and as such is similar in purpose to Amen in that it stresses the importance of the preceding passage. Alternatively, selah may mean "forever," as it does in some places in the liturgy (notably the second to last blessing of the Amidah). Another interpretation claims that selah comes from the primary Hebrew root word salah (Hebrew: ) which means "to hang," and by implication to measure (weigh)