Tehillim 95:2

2 Let us come before His presence with todah, and extol Him with zemirot (joyful songs).

Tehillim 95:2 Meaning and Commentary

Psalms 95:2

Let us come before his presence with thanksgiving
Come with the sacrifice of praise, there being no other in the days of the Messiah, all ceremonial sacrifices being put an end to when his sacrifice was offered up; so Arama observes, that the offering of thanksgiving shall remain, or be left in the days of the Messiah; come with this to Christ as a priest, to offer it by him to God his Father, to whom it is acceptable through him, and with this to himself for the great salvation he has wrought out: "to come before his presence", or "face" ^F2, supposes his being come in the flesh, his being God manifest in it, and also as clear and free from the veil of types and shadows; these all being gone now he is come, and to be beheld with open face; and likewise his having done his work as a Saviour, and now upon his throne as a King; into whose presence chamber saints are admitted to make their acknowledgments to him, and profess their allegiance and subjection to him, and their gratitude for favours received. It signifies an attendance on him in his house and ordinances, where he shows his face, and grants his presence; and intends not merely bodily exercise, or a presentation of our bodies only to him, but a drawing nigh to him with true hearts, and serving him in a spiritual manner:

and make a joyful noise unto him with psalms;
with a melodious voice, and grace in the heart, with psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs; this belonging to Gospel times shows that singing of psalms vocally in a musical way is an ordinance of Christ, to be performed to him under the Gospel dispensation, ( Ephesians 5:19 ) ( Colossians 3:16 ) .

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FOOTNOTES:

F2 (wynp) "faciem ejus", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Tigurine version

Tehillim 95:2 In-Context

1 5 O come, let us sing unto Hashem; let us make a joyful noise to the Tzur of our salvation.

2 Let us come before His presence with todah, and extol Him with zemirot (joyful songs).

3 For Hashem is El Gadol, and Melech Gadol above kol elohim (g-ds).

4 In His yad are the deep places of ha’aretz; the peaks of the harim are His also.

5 The yam is His, and He made it; and His hands formed the yabashah (dry land).