Psalms 95
95
Psalm 95#sn Psalm 95. The psalmist summons Israel to praise God as the creator of the world and the nation’s protector, but he also reminds the people not to rebel against God.
1 Come! Let’s sing for joy to the Lord!
Let’s shout out praises to our protector who delivers us!#tn Heb “to the rocky summit of our deliverance.”
2 Let’s enter his presence#tn Heb “meet his face.” with thanksgiving!
Let’s shout out to him in celebration!#tn Heb “with songs of joy.”
3 For the Lord is a great God,
a great king who is superior to#tn Heb “above.” all gods.
4 The depths of the earth are in his hand,#tn The phrase “in his hand” means within the sphere of his authority.
and the mountain peaks belong to him.
5 The sea is his, for he made it.
His hands formed the dry land.
6 Come! Let’s bow down and worship!#tn Heb “kneel down.”
Let’s kneel before the Lord, our creator!
7 For he is our God;
we are the people of his pasture,
the sheep he owns.#tn Heb “of his hand.”
Today, if only you would obey him!#tn Heb “if only you would listen to his voice.” The Hebrew particle אִם (’im, “if”) and following prefixed verbal form here express a wish (cf. Ps 81:8). Note that the apodosis (the “then” clause of the conditional sentence) is suppressed.
8 He says,#tn The words “he says” are supplied in the translation to clarify that the following words are spoken by the Lord (see vv. 9-11). “Do not be stubborn like they were at Meribah,#sn The name Meribah means “strife.” Two separate but similar incidents at Meribah are recorded in the Pentateuch (Exod 17:1-7; Num 20:1-13, see also Pss 81:7; 106:32). In both cases the Israelites complained about lack of water and the Lord miraculously provided for them.
like they were that day at Massah#sn The name Massah means “testing.” This was another name (along with Meribah) given to the place where Israel complained following the Red Sea Crossing (see Exod 17:1-7, as well as Deut 6:16; 9:22; 33:8). in the wilderness,#tn Heb “do not harden your heart[s] as [at] Meribah, as [in] the day of Massah in the wilderness.”
9 where your ancestors challenged my authority,#tn Heb “where your fathers tested me.”
and tried my patience, even though they had seen my work.
10 For forty years I was continually disgusted#tn The prefixed verbal form is either a preterite or an imperfect. If the latter, it emphasizes the ongoing nature of the condition in the past. The translation reflects this interpretation of the verbal form. with that generation,
and I said, ‘These people desire to go astray;#tn Heb “a people, wanderers of heart [are] they.”
they do not obey my commands.’#tn Heb “and they do not know my ways.” In this context the Lord’s “ways” are his commands, viewed as a pathway from which his people, likened to wayward sheep (see v. 7), wander.
11 So I made a vow in my anger,
‘They will never enter into the resting place I had set aside for them.’”#tn Heb “my resting place.” The promised land of Canaan is here viewed metaphorically as a place of rest for God’s people, who are compared to sheep (see v. 7).
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Psalms 95
95
A Song of Praise
1Come, let us praise the LORD!
Let us sing for joy to God, who protects us!
2Let us come before him with thanksgiving
and sing joyful songs of praise.
3For the LORD is a mighty God,
a mighty king over all the gods.
4He rules over the whole earth,
from the deepest caves to the highest hills.
5He rules over the sea, which he made;
the land also, which he himself formed.
6Come, let us bow down and worship him;
let us kneel before the LORD, our Maker!
7 #
Heb 3.15; 4.7 #
Heb 3.7–11
He is our God;
we are the people he cares for,
the flock for which he provides.
Listen today to what he says:
8 #
Ex 17.1–7; Num 20.2–13 “Don't be stubborn, as your ancestors were at Meribah,
as they were that day in the desert at Massah.
9There they put me to the test and tried me,
although they had seen what I did for them.
10For forty years I was disgusted with those people.
I said, ‘How disloyal they are!
They refuse to obey my commands.’
11 #
Num 14.20–23; Deut 1.34–36; 12.9–10; Heb 4.3–5 I was angry and made a solemn promise:
‘You will never enter the land
where I would have given you rest.’ ”
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Good News Bible with Deuterocanonicals/Apocrypha. Scripture taken from the Good News Bible (r) (Today's English Version Second Edition, UK/British Edition). Copyright © 1992 British & Foreign Bible Society. Used by permission.