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Psalm 95

Worship God and obey him [ a ]

95 Come now! Let us sing together to worship the Lord !
We will shout aloud
to praise God, the strong Rock who makes us safe!
2 Let us come near to God
and thank him! [ b ]
Let us sing songs to praise him,
because we are so happy!
3 Yes, the Lord is the great God.
He is the great king who rules over all gods.
4 The deepest places of the earth are in his hand.
The highest mountains belong to him.
5 The seas are his,
because he made them.
He also made the dry land,
with his own hands.
6 Come now! Let us bend down to worship him!
Let us bend our knees in front of the Lord .
He is the one who made us.
7 He is our God.
He takes care of us,
like a shepherd takes care of his sheep. [ c ]
As his sheep, he gives us what we need.

Today, you must listen to him
and obey him.
8 He says, ‘Do not refuse to obey me,
like my people did at Meribah.
They also did that one day at Massah,
in the desert.
9 Your ancestors tested me there,
to see if I would punish them.
But they had already seen the great things
that I had done for them!
10 So I was angry with those people
all the time for 40 years.
I said, “These people love to go the wrong way.
They refuse to follow my ways.”
11 I was very angry and I promised,
“They will never come into my place of rest.” ’ [ d ]

Footnotes

  1. 95:1 This psalm says that it is not enough just to sing to God. We must also listen to him and obey him. Then we will not make the same mistake as God's people at Massah and Meribah. This is the second ‘Royal Psalm.’ See Psalms 93:1 .
  2. 95:2 The writer asks people to come with him to the Temple in Jerusalem to praise the Lord .
  3. 95:7 As God's people, we are like his sheep and he is our shepherd who takes care of us. See Psalms 23:1 and John 10:14 .
  4. 95:11 See Exodus 17:1-7 ; Numbers 20:1-13 and Psalms 81:7 ; 106:32 . The Israelites travelled for 40 years in the desert before they went into Canaan, the special land that God had promised to give to them. God gave them food and water in the desert, but they continued to complain. As a result, God let them die in the desert, and only their children went into Canaan.

95 Come, let us sing praise to the Lord !
Let us shout praises to the Rock who saves us.
2 Come and worship him with songs of thanks. [ a ]
Let us sing happy songs of praise to him.
3 For the Lord is a great God,
the great King ruling over all the other “gods.”
4 The deepest caves and the highest mountains belong to him.
5 The ocean is his—he created it.
He made the dry land with his own hands.
6 Come, let us bow down and worship him!
Let us kneel before the Lord who made us.
7 He is our God,
and we are the people he cares for,
his sheep that walk by his side.

Listen to his voice today:
8 “Don’t be stubborn, as you were at Meribah,
as you were at Massah [ b ] in the desert.
9 Your ancestors doubted and tested me,
even after they saw what I could do!
10 I was angry with them for 40 years.
I said, ‘They are not faithful to me.
They refuse to do what I say.’
11 So in my anger I made this vow:
‘They will never enter my land of rest.’”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:2 songs of thanks Or “thank offerings.”
  2. Psalm 95:8 Meribah … Massah See Ex. 17:1-7.

95 O come, let us sing unto the Lord : let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation.

2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving, and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms.

3 For the Lord is a great God, and a great King above all gods.

4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth: the strength of the hills is his also.

5 The sea is his, and he made it: and his hands formed the dry land.

6 O come, let us worship and bow down: let us kneel before the Lord our maker.

7 For he is our God; and we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To day if ye will hear his voice,

8 Harden not your heart, as in the provocation, and as in the day of temptation in the wilderness:

9 When your fathers tempted me, proved me, and saw my work.

10 Forty years long was I grieved with this generation, and said, It is a people that do err in their heart, and they have not known my ways:

11 Unto whom I sware in my wrath that they should not enter into my rest.

Praise to the Lord and Warning against Unbelief.

95 Come, let’s ( A ) sing for joy to the Lord ,
Let’s shout joyfully to ( B ) the rock of our salvation.
2 Let’s ( C ) come before His presence ( D ) with a song of thanksgiving,
Let’s shout joyfully to Him ( E ) in songs with instruments .
3 For the Lord is a ( F ) great God
And a great King ( G ) above all gods,
4 In whose hand are the ( H ) depths of the earth,
The peaks of the mountains are also His.
5 [ a ] The sea is His, for it was He ( I ) who made it,
And His hands formed the dry land.

6 Come, let’s ( J ) worship and bow down,
Let’s ( K ) kneel before the Lord our ( L ) Maker.
7 For He is our God,
And ( M ) we are the people of His [ b ] ( N ) pasture and the sheep of His hand.
( O ) Today, [ c ] if you will hear His voice,
8 Do not harden your hearts as at [ d ] ( P ) Meribah,
As on the day of [ e ] ( Q ) Massah in the wilderness,
9 “When your fathers ( R ) put Me to the test,
They tested Me, though they had seen My work.
10 For ( S ) forty years I was disgusted with that generation,
And said they are a people who err in their heart,
And they do not know My ways.
11 Therefore I ( T ) swore in My anger,
They certainly shall not enter My ( U ) rest.”

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:5 Lit Who has the sea
  2. Psalm 95:7 Lit pasturing
  3. Psalm 95:7 Or O that you would obey
  4. Psalm 95:8 Or place of strife
  5. Psalm 95:8 Or temptation

Psalm 95

1 Come, ( A ) let us sing for joy ( B ) to the Lord ;
let us shout aloud ( C ) to the Rock ( D ) of our salvation.
2 Let us come before him ( E ) with thanksgiving ( F )
and extol him with music ( G ) and song.

3 For the Lord is the great God, ( H )
the great King ( I ) above all gods. ( J )
4 In his hand are the depths of the earth, ( K )
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it,
and his hands formed the dry land. ( L )

6 Come, let us bow down ( M ) in worship, ( N )
let us kneel ( O ) before the Lord our Maker; ( P )
7 for he is our God
and we are the people of his pasture, ( Q )
the flock under his care.

Today, if only you would hear his voice,
8 “Do not harden your hearts ( R ) as you did at Meribah, [ a ] ( S )
as you did that day at Massah [ b ] in the wilderness, ( T )
9 where your ancestors tested ( U ) me;
they tried me, though they had seen what I did.
10 For forty years ( V ) I was angry with that generation;
I said, ‘They are a people whose hearts go astray, ( W )
and they have not known my ways.’ ( X )
11 So I declared on oath ( Y ) in my anger,
‘They shall never enter my rest.’” ( Z )

Footnotes

  1. Psalm 95:8 Meribah means quarreling.
  2. Psalm 95:8 Massah means testing.
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