Psalms 95:2-11

2 Let us ¹come into his presence with thanksgiving; let us ²make a joyful noise to him with songs of praise!

3 For the LORD is ³a great God, and a great King ⁴above all gods.

4 In his hand are the depths of the earth; the heights of the mountains are his also.

5 The sea is his, for ⁵he made it, and his hands formed ⁶the dry land.

6 Oh come, let us worship and bow down; let us ⁷kneel before the LORD, our ⁸Maker!

7 For he is our ⁹God, and we are the people of his ¹⁰pasture, and the sheep of his hand. ¹¹Today, if you ¹²hear his voice,

8 ¹³do not harden your hearts, as at ¹⁴Meribah, as on the day at ¹⁵Massah in the wilderness,

9 when your fathers put me to the ¹⁶test and put me to the proof, though they had seen my ¹⁷work.

10 ¹⁸For forty years I loathed that generation and said, "They are a people who go astray in their heart, and they have not known ¹⁹my ways."

11 Therefore I ²⁰swore in my wrath, "They shall not enter ²¹my rest."

Psalms 95:2-11 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO PSALM 95

This psalm, though without a title, was written by David, as appears from Heb 4:7, and to him the Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, Syriac, Arabic, and Ethiopic versions ascribe it. It belongs to the times of the Messiah, as Kimchi observes; the apostle applies it to the Jews of his time, and bespeaks them in the language of it, Heb 3:7-11, and in which time Israelites, believers in Christ, are called upon to serve and worship him, in consideration of his greatness in himself, and his goodness to them. Theodoret thinks that David spoke prophetically of King Josiah and his times; and wrote it in the person of him, and the priests of God.

Cross References

• 1. Micah 6:6
• 2. [See ver. 1 above]
• 3. Psalms 93:4; Psalms 135:5
• 4. Psalms 86:8; Psalms 96:4; Psalms 97:9; 2 Chronicles 2:5
• 5. Genesis 1:9, 10; Jonah 1:9
• 6. Genesis 1:9, 10; Jonah 1:9
• 7. 2 Chronicles 6:13; Daniel 6:10
• 8. Psalms 100:3; Psalms 149:2; Deut. 32:6, 15, 18
• 9. Psalms 48:14
• 10. See Psalms 74:1
• 11. Cited Heb. 3:7-11, 15; Hebrews 4:7
• 12. Numbers 14:22
• 13. Exodus 9:34; 1 Samuel 6:6; 2 Chronicles 36:13; Proverbs 28:14
• 14. Exodus 17:7; Numbers 20:13
• 15. Exodus 17:7; Deuteronomy 6:16
• 16. 1 Corinthians 10:9; [Ps. 78:18, 41, 56]
• 17. See Psalms 90:16; [Numbers 14:22]
• 18. Acts 7:36; Acts 13:18; Hebrews 3:17; [Deuteronomy 9:7]
• 19. [Psalms 81:13]
• 20. Num. 14:23, 28, 30; Deuteronomy 1:35; Cited Hebrews 3:11; Hebrews 4:3, 5
• 21. Deuteronomy 12:9