Old Testament
Psalms 95
Worship, Kneel, and Take Heed
Overview
Psalm 95 opens with an urgent summons to sing joyfully to Yahweh as sovereign Creator and gentle Shepherd, calls the faithful to kneel in adoration before the God who claims and knows them, and then pivots to a solemn divine warning — drawn from Israel's failure at Meribah and Massah — that hardness of heart forfeits entry into God's rest.
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Psalms 95
1Oh come, let’s sing to Yahweh. Let’s shout aloud to the rock of our salvation!
2Let’s come before his presence with thanksgiving. Let’s extol him with songs!
3For Yahweh is a great God, a great King above all gods.
4In his hand are the deep places of the earth. The heights of the mountains are also his.
5The sea is his, and he made it. His hands formed the dry land.
6Oh come, let’s worship and bow down. Let’s kneel before Yahweh, our Maker,
7for he is our God. We are the people of his pasture, and the sheep in his care. Today, oh that you would hear his voice!
8Don’t harden your heart, as at Meribah, as in the day of Massah in the wilderness,
9when your fathers tempted me, tested me, and saw my work.
10Forty long years I was grieved with that generation, and said, “They are a people who err in their heart. They have not known my ways.”
11Therefore I swore in my wrath, “They won’t enter into my rest.”