Psalms 95:1-6

1 Come, we sing to Jehovah, We shout to the rock of our salvation.

2 We come before His face with thanksgiving, With psalms we shout to Him.

3 For a great God [is] Jehovah, And a great king over all gods.

4 In whose hand [are] the deep places of earth, And the strong places of hills [are] His.

5 Whose is the sea, and He made it, And His hands formed the dry land.

6 Come in, we bow ourselves, and we bend, We kneel before Jehovah our Maker.

Psalms 95:1-6 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.