Psalms 95

American Standard Version (1901) (ASV) · English

1 Oh come, let us sing unto Jehovah; Let us make a joyful noise to the rock of our salvation. 2 Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving; Let us make a joyful noise unto him with psalms. 3 For Jehovah is a great God, And a great King above all gods. 4 In his hand are the deep places of the earth; The heights of the mountains are his also. 5 The sea is his, and he made it; And his hands formed the dry land. 6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before Jehovah our Maker: 7 For he is our God, And we are the people of his pasture, and the sheep of his hand. To-day, oh that ye would hear his voice! 8 Harden not your heart, as at Meribah, As in the day of Massah in the wilderness; 9 When your fathers tempted me, Proved me, and saw my work. 10 Forty years long was I grieved with that generation, And said, It is a people that do err in their heart, And they have not known my ways: 11 Wherefore I sware in my wrath, That they should not enter into my rest.

Commentary — not Bible text

Psalms 95:1

PSALM 95

Psa 95:1-11. David (He 4:7) exhorts men to praise God for His greatness, and warns them, in God's words, against neglecting His service.

1. The terms used to express the highest kind of joy.

rock--a firm basis, giving certainty of salvation (Psa 62:7).

Psalms 95:2

2. come ... presence--literally, "approach," or, meet Him (Psa 17:13).

Psalms 95:3

3. above ... gods--esteemed such by men, though really nothing (Jr 5:7; 10:10-15).

Psalms 95:4-5

4-5. The terms used describe the world in its whole extent, subject to God.

Psalms 95:6

6. come--or, "enter," with solemn forms, as well as hearts.

Psalms 95:7

7. This relation illustrates our entire dependence (compare Psa 23:3; 74:1). The last clause is united by Paul (He 3:7) to the following (compare Psa 81:8),

Psalms 95:8-11

8-11. warning against neglect; and this is sustained by citing the melancholy fate of their rebellious ancestors, whose provoking insolence is described by quoting the language of God's complaint (Nu 14:11) of their conduct at Meribah and Massah, names given (Ex 17:7) to commemorate their strife and contention with Him (Psa 78:18, 41).

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